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Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesabolition abolitionists admitted adopted Aldermanbury Anti-Slavery Monthly Reporter appears Assembly Bahamas Barbadoes Berbice bounties and protecting British cart-whip charge chief renter clause Colonial Legislatures Colonists colour complain condition Court crime cultivation Demerara Dominica Planter East India effect enactments England evils execution exist fact favour feeling female Fiscal flogged Gentleman give given Grenada Hayti Honourable House of Commons humanity India inflicted island Jamaica Justice of Peace labour lashes legislation Lord Bathurst Lordship Majesty's Government manager manumission marriage of slaves master Mauritius measures ment Negro object oppression Order in Council owner Parliament petitions plantation present principles proceedings produce proprietor protecting duties prove provisions punishment received regulations resolutions respect Rural Police shew Slave Colonies slave population Slave Trade Slavery Society sold statement tion Tortola trial Trinidad Order West Indian West Indies whip whole Popular passagesPage 100 - That the state of slavery is repugnant to the principles of the British constitution and of the Christian religion, and that it ought to be gradually abolished throughout the British colonies with as much expedition as may be found consistent with a due regard to the well-being of the parties concerned. Page 75 - Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state : From brutes what men, from men what spirits know : Or who could suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood. Page 129 - That through a determined and persevering, but, at the same time, judicious and temperate enforcement of such measures, this House looks forward to a progressive improvement in the character of the slave population, such as may prepare them for a participation in those civil rights and privileges which are enjoyed by other classes of his majesty's subjects. Page 59 - A REVIEW OF SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS WHICH ARE COMMONLY ADVANCED against Parliamentary interference in behalf of the Negro slaves, with a statement of opinions which have been expressed on that subject by many of our most distinguished statesmen, including, Earl Grey, Earl of Liverpool, Lord Grenville, Lords Dudley and Ward, Lord Melville, Mr. Page 128 - A REVIEW of some of the ARGUMENTS which are commonly advanced AGAINST PARLIAMENTARY INTERFERENCE in Behalf of the Negro Slaves, with a Statement of Opinions which have been expressed on that subject by many of our most distinguished Statesmen, including Earl Grey, Eail of Liverpool, Lord Grenville, Lord Dudley and Ward, Lord Melville, Mr. Page 294 - There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart— It does not feel for man ; the natural bond Of brotherhood is severed as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire. Page 85 - There is something in the nature of absolute authority, in the relation between master and slave, which makes despotism in all cases, and under all circumstances, an incompetent and unsure executor even of its own provisions in favour of the objects of its power. Page 267 - The act of the legislature, entitled 'An act for the encouragement, protection, and better government of slaves,' appears to have been considered, from the day it was passed until this hour, as a political measure to avert the interference of the mother country in the management of slaves. Page 99 - Let then the British House of Commons do their part themselves. Let them not delegate the trust of doing it to those who cannot execute that trust fairly. Let the evil be remedied by an assembly of freemen, by the Government of... Bibliographic information
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