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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... passed a Consolidated Slave Law , which pro- vides in some important instances , in favour of the Slave Population of that Island , measures of protec- tion and of extended rights ; and , in other instances , gives the requisite ...
... passed a Consolidated Slave Law , which pro- vides in some important instances , in favour of the Slave Population of that Island , measures of protec- tion and of extended rights ; and , in other instances , gives the requisite ...
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... passing through a negro village on a Christmas night , it is more common to hear psalm - singing , than the sound of merriment . The young people , however , still indulge in some amusements on this occasion , one of which may be worth ...
... passing through a negro village on a Christmas night , it is more common to hear psalm - singing , than the sound of merriment . The young people , however , still indulge in some amusements on this occasion , one of which may be worth ...
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... passed for the encouragement and protection of the trade . ' The colonies began in 1760 . South Carolina ( then a British colony ) passed an act to pro- hibit further importation ; but ' The colonies , however , in 1765 , repeated the ...
... passed for the encouragement and protection of the trade . ' The colonies began in 1760 . South Carolina ( then a British colony ) passed an act to pro- hibit further importation ; but ' The colonies , however , in 1765 , repeated the ...
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... passed two bills to restrict the trade ; but ยท The colonies , by the agent of Jamaica , remonstrated against that report , and pleaded against it on all the grounds of justice and humanity ; but ' Great Britain again resist- ed the ...
... passed two bills to restrict the trade ; but ยท The colonies , by the agent of Jamaica , remonstrated against that report , and pleaded against it on all the grounds of justice and humanity ; but ' Great Britain again resist- ed the ...
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... passed over . there are twelve canons or rules applicable to this slavery , and which are now , for the first time , promulgated to the world . Of these in their order . " 6 RULE I. - By the law of the colonies , slavery is a ...
... passed over . there are twelve canons or rules applicable to this slavery , and which are now , for the first time , promulgated to the world . Of these in their order . " 6 RULE I. - By the law of the colonies , slavery is a ...
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