The Right Way the Safe Way Proved by Emancipation in the British West Indies, and Elsewhere
Lydia Maria Childe
The Right Way the Safe Way Proved by Emancipation in the British West Indies, and Elsewhere
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THE RIGHT WAY THE SAFE WAY,
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. THE WEST INDIES BEFORE THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER II. ANTIGUA, AFTER IMMEDIATE, UNCONDITIONAL EMANCIPATION.
TESTIMONY OF PLANTERS IN ANTIGUA, IN 1837.
TESTIMONY OF MAGISTRATES AND TEACHERS, IN ANTIGUA, IN 1837.
TESTIMONY OF CLERGY AND MISSIONARIES IN ANTIGUA IN 1837.
TESTIMONY OF THE EMANCIPATED SLAVES IN ANTIGUA, IN 1837.
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER III. THE WINDWARD ISLANDS, DURING THE APPRENTICESHIP—TESTIMONY OF PLANTERS IN BARBADOES, IN 1837.[5]
TESTIMONY OF MAGISTRATES IN BARBADOES, IN 1837.
TESTIMONY OF CLERGY AND MISSIONARIES IN BARBADOES, IN 1837.
NEGRO TESTIMONY IN BARBADOES, IN 1837.
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER IV. TESTIMONY CONCERNING THE WEST INDIES, FROM 1840 TO 1859.
CHAPTER V. JAMAICA.[6]
THE PLANTERS' STATE OF MIND, IN 1837.
THE NEGROES' STATE OF MIND, IN 1837.
FAVORABLE TESTIMONY OF PLANTERS, IN 1837.
TESTIMONY OF MAGISTRATES IN 1837.
TESTIMONY OF MISSIONARIES, IN 1837.
JAMAICA BETWEEN 1837 AND 1846.
JAMAICA AFTER 1846.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VI. EMANCIPATION SAFE IN EVERY INSTANCE.
CHAPTER VII. CONCLUDING REMARKS.
APPENDIX. IN WHICH STATEMENTS ARE BROUGHT DOWN TO THE CLOSE OF 1860.
EFFECTS OF FREEDOM ON THE LABORERS.
COMPARATIVE CHEAPNESS OF FREE LABOR.
EMANCIPATION IN THE WEST INDIES.
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