Emancipation in the West Indies

Name: Emancipation in the West Indies
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A Six Months’ Tour in Antigua, Barbados, and Jamaica, in the Year 1837

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Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition

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Published in 1838 by the American Anti-Slavery Society, who had commissioned their investigative tour, Thome and Kimball's Emancipation in the West Indies immediately became an influential abolitionist text. Many anti-abolitionists in America were prophesying major upheaval should slavery be outlawed. Slavery had been officially abolished in the British West Indies in 1827, and the object of the tour was to assess the results there. The islands visited had followed different models ranging from total abolition to a gradual change through apprenticeship until 1838, and the results had proved those who feared abolition wrong. There had been no insurrection or increase in crime, participation in education and religion among former slaves had generally increased, and only the former slave-owners were unhappy about the economic consequences for their estates. The book contains documentary evidence from residents and officials of the islands, describing the effects of emancipation.

Release date Australia

September 23rd, 2010

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Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

1 maps

Pages

498

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition

Dimensions

140x216x28

ISBN-13

9781108016704

Product ID

7934855

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