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 xii
... respects the same , and has it ever been al- leged that servitude is aggravated , or the condition of a servant worse , in proportion to the superiority in education , or of talents and acquirements on the part of the master ? * If ...
... respects the same , and has it ever been al- leged that servitude is aggravated , or the condition of a servant worse , in proportion to the superiority in education , or of talents and acquirements on the part of the master ? * If ...
Page xxiv
... respect more comfortable and independent . They form more steady connec- tions , pay more attention to their families in the way of keeping them clean , and dressing them neatly ; and , in short , have ac- quired more taste and desire ...
... respect more comfortable and independent . They form more steady connec- tions , pay more attention to their families in the way of keeping them clean , and dressing them neatly ; and , in short , have ac- quired more taste and desire ...
Page xxv
... respect to what they were , when the slave trade was abo- lished in 1807. But if , as Mr. Stephen observes , every mitigation of slavery is a step towards freedom , this brief statement may be sufficient to shew , that progress is ...
... respect to what they were , when the slave trade was abo- lished in 1807. But if , as Mr. Stephen observes , every mitigation of slavery is a step towards freedom , this brief statement may be sufficient to shew , that progress is ...
Page 14
... respect ⚫ to the condition of these exiles , as far as a vague 6 6 name could define it ; for the commerce in ' slaves , eo nomine , has been expressly recognised ' and regulated ' p . 14 . And yet in every page of his book , our 14 ...
... respect ⚫ to the condition of these exiles , as far as a vague 6 6 name could define it ; for the commerce in ' slaves , eo nomine , has been expressly recognised ' and regulated ' p . 14 . And yet in every page of his book , our 14 ...
Page 23
... respect for such a person , while the master is more tenacious of those attentions to which he thinks himself entitled from his slave . Hence arises a jealousy which renders them mutu- ally uncomfortable . This is not theory , but ex ...
... respect for such a person , while the master is more tenacious of those attentions to which he thinks himself entitled from his slave . Hence arises a jealousy which renders them mutu- ally uncomfortable . This is not theory , but ex ...
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