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 Remarks on the horrid custom of branding the Slaves; numerous examples quoted to shew that it is not yet Remarks on the time, nature, and quality of their varied 63 Remarks on the necessity of changing the Market-day 64 and of the Population of the Parishes . . Remarks on the appointment of Curates, and of the little Remarks on the uselessness of the Act, ordering the Remarks on the obstacles thrown in the way of instruct- Remarks on the efficiency of most of the Jamaica Remarks on the bad effects which Slavery produces on 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 Remarks on the effects which the Instructions of the Remarks on the conduct of the Slaves in Kingston, dur- Whether it is not forbidden by Religion Whether it is not forbidden by Justice Query, whether the Negroes will be any longer con- A call on the Proprietors and Merchants, resident in England, to use their influence for amelioration An address to the British Parliament to interfere and legislate for the Slaves, should not the Colonial Remarks on the Conspiracy of a part of the Negroes in PAGE Addenda 243 ERRATA. Page 65, line 22, for, of Levitical Law, read, of the Levitical Law. 23, for, it has never been done, read, it has seldom or never been done. |