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 vii
... object to defend either the colonists , or their laws , as perfect . On the con- trary the reader will find , that I have noticed several things which I disapprove of , and have suggested not a few improvements , or what I should deem ...
... object to defend either the colonists , or their laws , as perfect . On the con- trary the reader will find , that I have noticed several things which I disapprove of , and have suggested not a few improvements , or what I should deem ...
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... 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 of the West Indian labourers , than I believe in any other part of the known ...
... 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 of the West Indian labourers , than I believe in any other part of the known ...
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... object to defend slavery : far be it from me to say , that those who established it in our colonies did right , or that being established there , it ought to be perpe- tual . But the question , when or how slavery may be abolished in ...
... object to defend slavery : far be it from me to say , that those who established it in our colonies did right , or that being established there , it ought to be perpe- tual . But the question , when or how slavery may be abolished in ...
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... object to none of the necessary means . I do not except indemnity to their masters , as far as it is justly due . Pref . p . 42 . But as he afterwards labours to invalidate , or at least , to create doubts about the right of the ...
... object to none of the necessary means . I do not except indemnity to their masters , as far as it is justly due . Pref . p . 42 . But as he afterwards labours to invalidate , or at least , to create doubts about the right of the ...
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... object of aversion and contempt , with his master ! A vile negro , a brother ! Foh ! the humiliating idea would have been offensive , even in a religious metaphor , and from the pen of an apostle ! ' p . 6 . A West Indian does not , and ...
... object of aversion and contempt , with his master ! A vile negro , a brother ! Foh ! the humiliating idea would have been offensive , even in a religious metaphor , and from the pen of an apostle ! ' p . 6 . A West Indian does not , and ...
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