A Practical View of the Present State of Slavery in the West Indies, Or, An Examination of Mr. Stephen's "Slavery of the British West India Colonies": Containing More Particularly an Account of the Actual Condition of the Negroes in Jamaica : with Observations on the Decrease of the Slaves Since the Abolition of the Slave Trade, and on the Probable Effects of Legislative Emancipation : Also, Strictures on the Edinburgh Review, and on the Pamphlets of Mr. Cooper and Mr. Bickell |
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Page viii
... African trade in slaves , ' to promote ' which measure , was its main original object , ' as he has himself informed us in his letter to Mr. Smith ; and though a greater change has since taken place in the general aspect and condition ...
... African trade in slaves , ' to promote ' which measure , was its main original object , ' as he has himself informed us in his letter to Mr. Smith ; and though a greater change has since taken place in the general aspect and condition ...
Page xi
... an universal feeling of hatred and contempt of the negroes , arising from the personal peculiarities and rudeness of the African race . It is by this assumed hatred a and contempt , that he strives to give probability to Introduction . xi.
... an universal feeling of hatred and contempt of the negroes , arising from the personal peculiarities and rudeness of the African race . It is by this assumed hatred a and contempt , that he strives to give probability to Introduction . xi.
Page xxi
... African Institution , 1815 . Happy will it be for the negroes , if the slavery in the colonies is thus allowed to slide insensibly into freedom ; a glorious harvest of liberty and social happiness will follow . Unfortunately , the ...
... African Institution , 1815 . Happy will it be for the negroes , if the slavery in the colonies is thus allowed to slide insensibly into freedom ; a glorious harvest of liberty and social happiness will follow . Unfortunately , the ...
Page xxii
... Africans were pour- ing into Jamaica , and while there were yet but few natives or Creoles , the master's power of punishing his slaves was little restrained by law ; and was ex- ercised to a great extent by the subordinate white people ...
... Africans were pour- ing into Jamaica , and while there were yet but few natives or Creoles , the master's power of punishing his slaves was little restrained by law ; and was ex- ercised to a great extent by the subordinate white people ...
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... African superstition , were the occasion of continual excesses among those who attended . Ten years ago , the marriage rite was altogether unknown among the slaves . While the importation of Afri- cans was continued , the practice of ...
... African superstition , were the occasion of continual excesses among those who attended . Ten years ago , the marriage rite was altogether unknown among the slaves . While the importation of Afri- cans was continued , the practice of ...
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