A practical view of the present state of slavery in the West Indies, or, An examination of Mr. Stephen's "Slavery of the British West India Colonies:" containing more particularly an account of the actual condition of the negroes in Jamaica: with observations on the decrease of the slaves since the abolition of the slave trade, and on the probable effects of legislative emancipation: also, strictures on the Edinburgh Review, and on the pamphlets of Mr. Cooper and Mr. Bickell / By Alexander Barclay, lately and for twenty-one years resident in Jamaica.

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A practical view of the present state of slavery in the West Indies, or, An examination of Mr. Stephen's "Slavery of the British West India Colonies:" containing more particularly an account of the actual condition of the negroes in Jamaica: with observations on the decrease of the slaves since the abolition of the slave trade, and on the probable effects of legislative emancipation: also, strictures on the Edinburgh Review, and on the pamphlets of Mr. Cooper and Mr. Bickell / By Alexander Barclay, lately and for twenty-one years resident in Jamaica. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Published by Smith, Elder & Co. ..., 1826.

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4 unnumbered pages, v, 4 unnumbered pages, viii-xxv, 1 unnumbered page, 462 pages : tables ; 21 cm (8vo)

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Includes index
Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: A. Burton-Garbett Note: Binding: contemp. tree calf, gilt spine with owner's name "Thomas Bassett" gilt-stamped at foot of spine. Bassett's name in pencil on half-title verso

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