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

Excerpt from A View of the Past and Present State of the Island of With Remarks on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Slaves, and on the Abolition of Slavery in the ColoniesReader 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.