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The British West India Colonies in Connection with Slavery, Emancipation, etc.

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The British West India Colonies in Connection with Slavery, Emancipation, etc.
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Elizabeth Campbell
Edited by Stephen Bourne
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:150
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
ISBN/Barcode 9781108020701
ClassificationsDewey:306.36209729
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 30 September 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Stephen Bourne (1791-1868) was a British civil servant who served as a magistrate in Jamaica between 1834 and 1841 and as Registrar of British Guiana between 1841 and 1848. His daughter Elizabeth Campbell left England with her father in 1834, and lived in the West Indies for thirteen years. This volume contains two essays and a published letter, the essays written by Elizabeth Campbell and the letter by Stephen Bourne, discussing the effects and limits of the Emancipation Act on the economy and society of the British West Indies. The two essays by Campbell discuss the limited social effects of the Emancipation Act, with the letter by Bourne suggesting ways to improve the economic prosperity of the West Indies. The ideology of later abolitionists, who endeavoured to improve social and economic conditions in plantations to demonstrate the possibility of prosperity without slavery, is fully explored in this volume.