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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... manner in which it is treated in the Edinburgh Review . 6 • If you can still rise up and sit down in security- if you can still eat the bread of the fatherless , and grind the faces of the poor - if you can still hold your petty ...
... manner in which it is treated in the Edinburgh Review . 6 • If you can still rise up and sit down in security- if you can still eat the bread of the fatherless , and grind the faces of the poor - if you can still hold your petty ...
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... manner the fee - simple of houses and land sufficient to maintain them and their families , and not many of them , more than of the negroes , will hire them- selves out as labourers . But , again , it will be asked , if the negroes when ...
... manner the fee - simple of houses and land sufficient to maintain them and their families , and not many of them , more than of the negroes , will hire them- selves out as labourers . But , again , it will be asked , if the negroes when ...
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... manners , by the encouragement of particular ma- ' numissions and progressive melioration of the con- ' dition of the slaves , till it should slide insensibly ' into general freedom . They looked at first to an emancipation , of which ...
... manners , by the encouragement of particular ma- ' numissions and progressive melioration of the con- ' dition of the slaves , till it should slide insensibly ' into general freedom . They looked at first to an emancipation , of which ...
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... . The improvement in their manners , dress , and general appearance — the greater intelligence they display from understanding the language better - the greater comforts they enjoy from improved habits of in- dustry , Introduction . xxi.
... . The improvement in their manners , dress , and general appearance — the greater intelligence they display from understanding the language better - the greater comforts they enjoy from improved habits of in- dustry , Introduction . xxi.
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... manner as the white people . The number now married is not inconsiderable , and is fast increasing . It is now seldom heard of . It is now prohibited by law , and Sunday is strictly a day of rest . Now they have by law 26 working days ...
... manner as the white people . The number now married is not inconsiderable , and is fast increasing . It is now seldom heard of . It is now prohibited by law , and Sunday is strictly a day of rest . Now they have by law 26 working days ...
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African allowed appear Assembly assize courts attend authority aforesaid Bickell British canes charge churchwardens clause colonists colour committed complaint conviction crime cultivate custos death duty Edinburgh Review emancipation England English evidence exceeding free persons freedom further enacted gaol give hard labour hereby important Indies island Jamaica Joseph Boyden jury land magistrates manner manumission master means ment mother country mulatto negroes never notice oath obeah offence oppression overseer owner paid parish peace penalty person or persons plantation planters population ports possession possessor pounds present Price produce proprietor provost marshal punishment purchase quarter sessions receive religion runaway says sentence shew ships slave code slave law slave or slaves slavery sold special slave court Stephen suffer sugar thereof thing three justices tion trade transportation trial vessels vestry warrant West India whipping white person workhouse workhouse-keeper