 ... of more than two hundred thousand slaves, it cannot be supposed that we now intend, or ever could have intended, resistance to Great Britain. " That this colony has never, by riots or other violent measures, opposed, or permitted an act of resistance...  The Annals of Jamaica - Page 459by George Wilson Bridges - 1828Full view - About this book
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