The Progress of Colonial Reform: Being a Brief View of the Real Advance Made Since May 15, 1823, in Carrying Into Effect the Recommendations of His Majesty, the Unanimous Resolutions of Parliament, and the Universal Prayer of the Nation, with Respect to Negro Slavery : Drawn from the Papers Printed for the House of Commons, Prior to the 10th of April, 1826 |
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abolished Abstract admitted adopted allowed amelioration arbitrary punishment authority Bahamas Barbadoes BERBICE Britain British Christian clause clergyman Colonists corporal punishment Council for Trinidad Court of Policy crime cultivating Demerara dispatch Dominica driving whip effect enactment evidence of Slaves existence females flogging free person give Governor Grenada act guardian of Slaves House of Commons husband and wife imposed improvement inflicted island Jamaica ject judicial judicial sale justice labour laid before Parliament lashes legislation legislatures liable Lord Bathurst Lordship magistrate Majesty's Government manumission marriages of Slaves master measures ment Negro observance of Sunday Order in Council owner penalty plantation Planters present principle produce prohibited provision grounds regulation of punishment religious instruction respect sale of Slaves says separation of families Slave Act Slave codes Slave Colonies Slave evidence Slave population slavery Slaves detached Sunday markets tion Tobago Trinidad Order Vincent's West Indies White wholly