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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... Trade, and on the Probable Effects of Legislative Emancipation : Also, Strictures o Alexander Barclay. me : but I derive confidence from my knowledge of the subject , and from the consciousness of having truth on my side , and trust that ...
... Trade, and on the Probable Effects of Legislative Emancipation : Also, Strictures o Alexander Barclay. me : but I derive confidence from my knowledge of the subject , and from the consciousness of having truth on my side , and trust that ...
Page xiv
... Trade, and on the Probable Effects of Legislative Emancipation : Also, Strictures o Alexander Barclay. between the proprietors of estates and their depen- dents now settled on them ; it contemplates a change of the mode by which the bulk ...
... Trade, and on the Probable Effects of Legislative Emancipation : Also, Strictures o Alexander Barclay. between the proprietors of estates and their depen- dents now settled on them ; it contemplates a change of the mode by which the bulk ...
Page xix
... Trade, and on the Probable Effects of Legislative Emancipation : Also, Strictures o Alexander Barclay. work ( for such is their understanding of freedom ) , why should they work ? The man born in 1827 , when he grew up , would naturally ...
... Trade, and on the Probable Effects of Legislative Emancipation : Also, Strictures o Alexander Barclay. work ( for such is their understanding of freedom ) , why should they work ? The man born in 1827 , when he grew up , would naturally ...
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... Trade, and on the Probable Effects of Legislative Emancipation : Also, Strictures o Alexander Barclay. ' an emancipation to be effected by insurrection in the West Indies , or to be ordained precipitately 6 ยท " 6 by positive law ; but ...
... Trade, and on the Probable Effects of Legislative Emancipation : Also, Strictures o Alexander Barclay. ' an emancipation to be effected by insurrection in the West Indies , or to be ordained precipitately 6 ยท " 6 by positive law ; but ...
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... Trade, and on the Probable Effects of Legislative Emancipation : Also, Strictures o Alexander Barclay. were newly imported Africans , maintained with provisions rais- ed or bought by the master ; or lodged with other slaves , who had ...
... Trade, and on the Probable Effects of Legislative Emancipation : Also, Strictures o Alexander Barclay. were newly imported Africans , maintained with provisions rais- ed or bought by the master ; or lodged with other slaves , who had ...
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