CONTENTS.
| Chapter I. | |
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| West India Party disingenuously treated | [1] |
| Chapter II. | |
| Compulsory Manumission contrary to the Spirit of the Resolutions of Parliament | [12] |
| Chapter III. | |
| Infringement of the Right of Property | [22] |
| Sect. 1.—The Conversion of good Servants into bad | [22] |
| Sect. 2.—Loss arising, if a number of effective Hands be taken from the Plantation | [35] |
| Sect. 3.—Plantations burdened with Expenses, while the gross Returns are diminished | [44] |
| Sect. 4.—Contrary to the Law of Mortgage | [47] |
| Chapter IV. | |
| Injury to the Well-being of the Slaves | [51] |
| Sect. 1.—Counteracts the Incentives to Civilization | [51] |
| Sect. 2.—Debauchery and Crime encouraged | [53] |
| Sect. 3.—Virtuous Union of the Sexes impeded | [56] |
| Sect. 4.—Task-work prevented | [57] |
| Sect. 5.—Invidious Feelings excited by prompting to a general Rush for Freedom | [60] |
| Chapter V. | |
| Safety of the Colonies endangered | [64] |
| Sect. 1.—Cultivation superseded | [65] |
| Sect. 2.—Rebellion instigated | [66] |
| Chapter VI. | |
| No just Analogy in the Precedents adduced by Government | [70] |
| Sect. 1.—Trinidad | [70] |
| Sect. 2.—St. Lucie | [73] |
| Sect. 3.—Berbice | [74] |
| Sect. 4.—Cape of Good Hope | [76] |
| Chapter VII. | |
| Responsibility attaching to Ministers if they enforce Compulsory Manumission | [78] |
COMPULSORY MANUMISSION.