Papers examining the Condition of the Apprenticed Labourers under the Act for the Abolition of Slavery in the British Colonies under eight different headings, 1834-1835
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 444 Vol. 24, pp. 1-119
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- (pp. 1-14) 'As it respects the laws of the Colonial Legislatures consisting of an account of the laws passed in Jamaica and comments upon them by several correspondents', n.d. (copy)
- (pp. 15-22) 'As it respects the general conduct of the Planters, Managers, and Overseers towards the Apprenticed Labourers'. Reference is made to a summary of this in the Anti-Slavery Reporter, No. 112, pp. 277-280, n.d.
- (p. 22a-h) Anti-Slavery Reporter, No. 112, pp. 265-280, articles on British Guiana (Guyana), Trinidad, and Jamaica, 1835
- (pp. 31-56) 'As it respects Atrocities perpetrated on the Apprenticed Negroes'. Report by Dr Madden consisting of case reports of incidents examined by the Grand Jury, the Oct Assizes, 1834
- (p. 57) comment upon a meeting of Anti-Abolitionists in Providence, Rhode Island, published in a Boston newspaper, n.d.
- (pp. 63-64) 'As it respects the Administration of Justice'. Extract from Dr Madden's observations on the increasing abuses of justice in the courts of Jamaica during the preceding year. Also, an extract from a letter from Dr Palmer, a special magistrate, on the maladministration of justice, 1835
- (pp. 79-89) 'As it respects the conduct of the Executive Government', extracts from letters from J. Cunningham, Rev. George Blyth, Richard Hill, Dr Madden, Dr Palmer, a Member of the House of Assembly, and a summary of Lord Sligo's addresses on the regulations governing the hours of labour that employers could exact from the apprentices and when, 1835
- (pp. 95-101) 'As it respects the Conduct of the Special and Stipendiary Magistrates'. Extracts from letters from Rev. George Blyth, Rev. John Clarke, Rev. J. Stainby, Dr Palmer, and from one published in the Watchman on the lack of integrity of some of the special magistrates and the abuses of justice perpetrated by them, 1835
- (pp. 107-109) 'As it respects the difficulties experienced by the Apprenticed Labourers in purchasing the unexpired term of their servitude'. Extracts from letters from Clarke, Stainsby, and a Member of the House of Assembly concerning calculations of the value of the term of apprenticeship, 1835
- (pp. 117-119) 'As it respects the Dangers attendant on the Apprenticeship System'. Extracts from letters from Clarke, Madden, Alfred James Smith, Rev. Abbott, a Member of the House of Assembly, and a despatch from the Marquis of Sligo about how overseers provoked the apprentices into acts of insubordination and revolt, 1834-1835.
Dates
- Creation: 1834-1835
Extent
119 pages
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 444 Vol. 24, pp. 1-119
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk