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A practical view of the present state of slavery in the West Indies : or an examination of Mr Stephe...

A practical view of the present state of slavery in the West Indies : or an examination of Mr Stephe...

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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.

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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.

Publisher

London : Smith Elder & Co., 1828.

Date

1828.

Call Numbers

F 10 R 12

Record Identifier

74VvyqL5m3Ly

MMS ID

991016026169702626

Language

English

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Physical content

xxxi, 490 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Publication information

Publisher

London : Smith Elder & Co., 1828.

Edition

3rd ed. with additions.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1828.

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Full title

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 ef...

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Notes

General note

"When we have reason with a practical purpose, concerning existing establishments, the most particular and experimental view of them will ever lead to the soundest and most satisfactory conclusions"--Title page.

Includes "Works on the press or recently published by Smith, Elder and Co. Cornhill, London".

Includes index.

State Reference Library copy at: F10/ R12 has stamp: 'The Free Library, Sydney. Bequeathed by Mr Justice Wise, 1865'. "In 1865 Mr. Justice Wise presented the N.S.W. Government with his library of Australian books, pamphlets and manuscripts, in trust, to be placed in a Free Public Library. These volumes were held by the Australian Museum until the F...

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Call Numbers

F 10 R 12

Record Identifier

74VvyqL5m3Ly

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvyqL5m3Ly

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306.362

MMS ID

991016026169702626

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