Excerpt from India's Cries to British Humanity: Relative to Infanticide, British Connection With Idolatry, Ghaut Murders, Suttee, Slavery, and Colonization in India; To Which Are Added, Humane Hints for the Melioration of the State of Society in British India To this edition is added The present state of Infanticide and Slavery in British India.' Upon these subjects but little correct information appears to be possessed. A very general impression prevails that Infanticide is abolished; anda late celebrated Writer on India has stated No slavery legally exists in the British territories at this moment with what surprise will the reader hear, that there are two volumes of Parliamentary Papers on Infanticide, and that a voluminous collection of Papers, of nearly folio pages, on Slavery in India, were ordered to be printed by the Hon. House of Commons, Mar. 12, - From these valuable documents full and accurate information may be procured. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.