Anno primo Victoriae Reginae. Cap. XIX. An Act to Amend the Act for the Abolition of Slavery in the British Colonies. 11th April 1838.
Large 8vo (180 x 290 mm). 181-191, (1) pp. Disbound and loose.
€ 500,00
Rare British parliamentary papers on the abolition of slavery in the British colonies, especially with regard to Jamaica. Many British colonies were exempt from the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833, but Jamaica had unique standing, being one of the places where revolts and movements among enslaved men and women had in fact pressured Great Britain towards emancipation. Includes communications relevant to the implementation of new laws in Jamaica, especially as regards the "apprenticeship" scheme by which, under the Slavery Abolition Act, former enslaved persons would become indentured servants for a set number of years before becoming legally freed, and previous slaveholders compensated accordingly.
Disbound from a volume of parliamentary papers with traces of former block-stitching. A good copy.