Author: J. Stewart
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-01-05
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780428374198
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from A View of the Past and Present State of the Island of Jamaica: With Remarks on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Slaves, and on the Abolition of Slavery in the Colonies Reader to form an accurate opinion of their more important features. On the state of society - the different classes of the free inhabitants - the character, customs, and moral and physical con dition of the slaves, and the, means proposed of improving their condition, as preliminary steps to the gradual abolition Of slavery, the author has been more circumstantial - these being topics of more particular interest, especially at the present moment, and on which his long residence in the island has enabled him to supply many im. Portant particulars. 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.