Compulsory Manumission
by Alexander McDonnell
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About this eBook
- Author
- McDonnell, Alexander, 1798-1835
- Title
- Compulsory manumission : or, An examination of the actual state of the West India question
- Original Publication
- London: John Murray, 1827.
- Credits
- deaurider, Jamie Brydone-Jack and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- HT: Social sciences: Communities, Classes, Races
- Subject
- Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- West Indies, British
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 72991
- Release Date
- February 19, 2024
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.COMPULSORY MANUMISSION.
- 3.Untitled
- 4.Untitled
- 5.ADVERTISEMENT.
- 6.CONTENTS.
- 7.Chapter I.
- 8.Chapter II.
- 9.Chapter III. — Section 1. THE CONVERSION OF GOOD SERVANTS INTO BAD. — Section 2. LOSS ARISING, IF A NUMBER OF EFFECTIVE HANDS BE TAKEN FROM THE PLANTATION. — Section 3. PLANTATIONS BURDENED WITH EXPENSES, WHILE THE GROSS RETURNS ARE DIMINISHED. — Section 4. CONTRARY TO THE LAW OF MORTGAGE.
- 10.Chapter IV. — Section 1. COUNTERACTS THE INCENTIVES TO CIVILISATION. — Section 2. DEBAUCHERY AND CRIME ENCOURAGED. — Section 3. VIRTUOUS UNION OF THE SEXES IMPEDED. — Section 4. TASK-WORK PREVENTED. — Section 5. INVIDIOUS FEELINGS EXCITED BY PROMPTING TO A GENERAL RUSH FOR FREEDOM.
- 11.Chapter V. — Section 1. CULTIVATION SUPERSEDED. — Section 2. REBELLION INSTIGATED.
- 12.Chapter VI. — Section 1. TRINIDAD. — Section 2. ST. LUCIE. — Section 3. BERBICE. — Section 4. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
- 13.Chapter VII.
- 14.Untitled
- 15.Untitled
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