 The angry courtiers of Lahore (particularly the baptized Sikh, Lal Singh) then incited the governor of Kashmir to rebel against Gulab Singh, but this rebellion was defeated, thanks in great part to the action of Herbert Edwardes, Assistant Resident at Lahore.The Kashmiris also rebelled throughout Jammu and Kashmir.To pay for this, from the very start the Kashmiris were heavily taxed and complained of being sold into slavery and extensive liturature was written by the British writers regarding these treaties The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will.