ligious knowledge among the Slaves generally,. are in reality, not only the very best friends of all those who have property in, or are connected with the West Indies, but are the staunchest supporters of good government, and consequently rank among the best subjects of His Most Gracious Majesty; for through coercion, incessant labour, and cruelty, the property of individuals is much endangered, by the Slaves becoming thereby discontented; and if individuals suffer, government will finally be the great losers, in a falling off of the revenue, or a loss of the colonies. The present brutish, unchristian, and impolitic state of things there, cannot exist much longer, for all good and pious Britons are bound to oppose it, as men and as Christians, and God himself, cannot look with pleasure, in other words, cannot long bless and prosper people who defy his laws, and contemptuously break, and teach others to break, his holy and everlasting Commandments; for "All human affairs shall utterly come to an end, but his divine Commands shall endure for ever and ever." November, 1824. CONTENTS. Remarks on the physical state and mental capabilities of the Negro Slaves in the West Indies Remarks on the nature and quantity of their food Remarks on the hardships they suffer by being considered chattels and not persons, by the Colonial Law. Remarks on the hardships they suffer by not being al- Remarks on the horrid custom of branding the Slaves; Remarks on the medical attendance on the Negroes Remarks on their clothing, with further remarks on their PAGE 53 General remarks on the Sabbath as a day of rest and holiness, and its influence on religion Remarks on the Sunday-market in Kingston, Jamaica, &c. Remarks on the necessity of changing the Market-day before the Slaves can be converted, and what other Remarks on fines for certain Sunday labour, and of and of the Population of the Parishes Remarks on the appointment of Curates, and of the little service rendered Religion through their means, on account of a want of Chapels, and other reasons. Remarks on the uselessness of the Act, ordering the Rectors and Curates to instruct the Negroes, on Sun- Remarks on the obstacles thrown in the way of instruct- ing the Slaves, reasons why, and how erroneous and Remarks on the willingness of the Negroes to accept Remarks on the number of baptized Slaves; how pre- maturely the ceremony is performed, &c. Remarks on the marriages of the Slaves Remarks on the efficiency of most of the Jamaica 66 Remarks on the bad effects which Slavery produces on Remarks on the hardship and immorality of Overseers not being allowed to marry Remarks on the people of colour, and the state in which Remarks on their religion and morality, property, pri- . Remarks on the danger of not conciliating them Brief remarks or notices of our other Islands and Co- Remarks on the effects which the Instructions of the Secretary for the Colonies had on the rumoured Con- Remarks on the real causes of discontent among the Remarks on the intended Conspiracy in St. George's, Remarks on the conduct of the Slaves in Kingston, dur- Whether it is not forbidden by Religion Whether it is not forbidden by Justice A call on the Proprietors and Merchants, resident in 210, Remarks on the Conspiracy of a part of the Negroes in the parish of Hanover, and the real cause of that Notes, illustrative of the work, as an Appendix -- ERRATA. Page 65, line 22, for, of Levitical Law, read, of the Levitical Law. 80, 179, 7, for, call no one Lord or Master, read, neither be ye 19, for, conterbernales, read, contubernales. 13, for, this sovereign contempt of, read, this sovereign 18, for, instructing each other as well as they, read, for |