If Buxton's figures were correct, he suggests that the number imported into Puerto Rico and Cuba had not increased for the past ten years and he did not believe it would be difficult to abolish the trade in Havana because of the dislike of introducing new enslaved people among the old Creole labourers, the fear of the power of Black people, the attitude of the priests, and the stand taken by the dissenting clergy. He disagrees with Buxton that the action of the British had been to no avail, asserting that if Fox had not brought the trade to an end, Africa would now be a desert, and listing the reasons why the trade would have increased at that time. He comments on the moderation of the illustrations Buxton offered in his book and the few instances quoted in which the French were involved in the trade. He refers to the powerful Black republic in Florida being established by the United States by transporting enslaved people from South Carolina, the imminent acquisition of Texas, and the inhumane behaviour of the inhabitants of Liverpool when a vessel [carrying enslaved people] was sunk at the entrance to the port in a hurricane, which he ascribes to the blunting of feelings caused by earlier participation in the trade.

He also refers to his own opposition to the Legislature of Jamaica, as expressed in the House of Commons, which had since been proved to be justified by its refusal to accept the British legislation for abolition of slavery. He had recently spoken with a man who had himself branded enslaved Black people and had amassed a fortune for his family. He claims that he had never made any charge that he was not prepared to back up with factual proofs, and refers to the time he produced a cart-whip as evidence for the Committee of Inquiry. He lists all the ways in which he considered the government had been at fault in their foreign policy and thereby encouraged the continuance of the slave trade. Finally, he asks Buxton whether abolition was to become a dead letter in Jamaica because of the action of the local legislature.