White Case, 1834-1837
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 444 Vol. 23, pp. 113-278
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- (pp. 113-124) extracts on the apprenticeship system transcribed from letters from the West Indies of 1835 and 1836, including those from the Chief Justice of St. Lucia, Trew, Rev. G. Griffith, Miss Senior, Colebrook from Jamaica, and Stanley from Lucca, from the Free Press of Antigua, Dr Madden, Rev. B.J. Williams of Demerara (Guyana), Captain James, Cropper, Sir Andrew Agnew, Lynch of Antigua, Sanderson of Grenada, J. Bourne of Antigua, Henry Loving of Antigua, Backhouse of Trinidad, and John Wray of Berbice, Feb 1837
- (pp. 125-140) extracts from newspapers and from letters about the willingness of Black workers to work for wages from Lamb of London, Archdeacon Elliott in Barbados, Gurney J. Hoare, Thwaites, Dawes, Thomas Lane, and Rev. B. Harvey in Antigua, 1834-1835
- (p. 141) transcript of the Supplement to the Royal Gazette of British Guiana of Sir James Carmichael Smyth's congratulations to the population of the Province for the peaceful situation, 18 Dec 1834
- (pp. 143-146) Summary of An Estate of 185 Acres situated in the Island of Antigua for the Months of Jan and Feb of the last three years, 1836
- (pp. 147-148) extract from a letter from Rev. Robert Holberton of Antigua describing Christmas Day there in 1834, 25 Jan 1835
- (pp. 119-172) extracts from Parliamentary Paper Part I No. 177 about the industry of Apprenticed labourers in the British Colonies since 1 Aug, 1835, 1835
- (pp. 177-196) extracts from Parliamentary Papers about the prosperity and peaceful conditions prevailing in the British Colonies, 1835-1836
- (pp. 197-210) extracts from Parliamentary Papers relative to the Abolition of Slavery in the British Colonies about the general good conduct of the apprenticed labourers, 1834-1835
- (pp. 211-212) extracts from evidence given to a committee of the House of Assembly in Jamaica, from letters of special magistrates and from the Marquis of Sligo's despatches concerning the good conduct of Black people, 1834-1835
- (pp. 243-270) extracts from Special Magistrates' Reports enclosed in Sir Lionel Smith's despatch on the condition of the free children in Jamaica, 12 Nov 1836
- (pp. 271-274) extract from a letter from J. Harris to the [Colonial Secretary] about the condition of the free children [in Jamaica?] , 1 Jan 1837
- (pp. 275-278) extracts from letters about the attendance of the apprentices at places of worship, from D. Ewart, J. Nolan, T. Baines, S. Lloyd, G. Hawkins, Stephen Bourne, Dawson, Aughtrey, Alley, Hawkins, Baines, Chamberlayne, and Moresby of Jamaica, 1836.
Dates
- Creation: 1834-1837
Extent
166 pages
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 444 Vol. 23, pp. 113-278
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk