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Excerpt from Compulsory Manumission: Or an Examination of the Actual State of the West India Question
Greatly must those odds be increased, if a dis position be shown by Government, hitherto believed impartial, to array the weight of its authority against him. But it is hoped that prejudice will not preclude inquiry. In the following pages it Will be found, that in setting forth the actual state of the West India Question, the real and permanent welfare of the slaves occupies a conspicuous place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.