A History of Jamaica from Its Discovery by Christopher Columbus to the Present Time: Including an Account of Its Trade and Agriculture; Sketches of the Manners, Habits, and Customs of All Classes of Its Inhabitants (Classic Reprint)

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The sketches of the habits, manners, and customs of the people will, it is hoped, illustrate the progress which has taken place in the social life of the island; while the history of religion and education has been penned in a spirit of kindly sympathy with all earnest Christian workers.

If in any quarter complaint may be made that the work does not enter so largely into certain recent occurrences as might be desired, it must be borne in mind that what is still the subject of controversy can hardly be said to belong to the domain of history'; and yet the hope is expressed that the statements made may be accepted as facts, and thus prove of value in forming a correct judgment of the true character of those painful events.

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