CONTENTS.
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ANTIGUA.--CHAPTER I.
[Geography and Statistics of the Island],--[Reflections on arrival],--[Interview with Clergymen],--[with the Governor],--[with a member of Assembly], --[Sabbath],--[Service at the Moravian Chapel],--[Sabbath School],--[Service at the Episcopal Church],--[Service at the Wesleyan Chapel],--[Millar's Estate],--[Cane-holing],--[Colored planter],--[Fitch's Creek Estate],--[Free Villages],--[Dinner at the Governor's],--[Donovan's Estate],--[Breakfast at Mr. Watkins],--[Dr. Ferguson],--[Market],--[Lockup house],--[Christmas Holidays],--[Colored Population],--[Thibou Jarvis's Estate],--[Testimony of the Manager],--[Anniversary of the Friendly Society],--[A negro patriarch],--[Green Castle Estate],--[Testimony of the Manager],--[Anniversary of the Juvenile Association],--[Wetherill Estate],--[Testimony of the Manager],--[Conversation with a boatman],--[Moravian station at Newfield],--[Testimony of the Missionaries],--[School for Adults],--[Interview with the Speaker of the Assembly],--[Moravian "Speaking,"]--[Conversation with Emancipated Slaves],--[The Rector of St. Philip's],--[Frey's Estate],--[Interview with the American Consul],--[Sabbath at Millar's],--[Breakfast at the Villa Estate],--[A Fair],--[Breakfast at Mr. Cranstoun's],--[His Testimony],--[Moravian Station at Cedar Hall],--[Conversation with Emancipated Slaves],--[Moravian Station at Grace Bay],--[Testimony of the Missionaries],--[Grandfather Jacob],--[Mr. Scotland's Estate].--[A day at Fitch's Creek],--[Views of the Manager],--[A call from the Archdeacon],--[from Rev. Edward Fraser],--[Wesleyan District Meeting],--[Social interviews with the Missionaries],--[Their Views and Testimony],--[Religious Anniversaries],--[Temperance Society],--[Bible Society,--Wesleyan Missionary Society].--[Resolution of the Meeting],--[Laying the Corner Stone of a Wesleyan Chapel],--[Resolutions of the Missionaries.]
ANTIGUA.--CHAPTER II.
GENERAL RESULTS.
[Religion,--Statistics of Denominations],--[Morality],--[Reverence for the Lord's Day],--[Marriage],--[Conjugal faithfulness],--[Concubinage decreasing],--[Temperance],--[Profane Language rare],--[Statistics of the Bible Society],--[Missionary Associations],--[Temperance Societies],--[Friendly Societies],--[Daily Meal Society],--[Distressed Females' Friend Society],--[Education],--[Annual Examination of the Parochial School],--[Infant Schools in the Country],--[Examination at Parham],--[at Willoughby Bay],--[Mr. Thwaite's Replies to Queries on Education],--[Great Ignorance before Emancipation],--[Aptness of the Negroes to learn],--[Civil and Political Condition of the Emancipated].
ANTIGUA.--CHAPTER III.
[IMMEDIATE ABOLITION]--[an immense change to the condition of the Slave],--[Adopted from Political and Pecuniary Considerations],--[Went into operation peaceably],--[gave additional security to Persons and Property],--[Is regarded by all as a great blessing to the Island],--[Free, cheaper than Slave labor],--[More work done, and better done, since Emancipation],--[Freemen more easily managed than Slaves],--[The Emancipated more Trustworthy than when Slaves],--[They appreciate and reverence Law],--[They stay at home and mind their own business],--[Are less "insolent" than when Slaves],--[Gratitude a strong trait of their character],--[Emancipation has elevated them],--[It has raised the price of Real Estate, given new life to Trade, and to all kinds of business],--[Wrought a total change in the views of the Planters],--[Weakened Prejudice against Color],--[The Discussions preceding Emancipation restrained Masters from Cruelties],--[Concluding Remarks].
BARBADOES.
[Passage to Barbadoes],--[Bridgetown],--[Visit to the Governor],--[To the Archdeacon],--[Lear's Estate],--[Testimony of the Manager],--[Dinner Party at Lear's],--[Ride to Scotland],--[The Red Shanks],--[Sabbath at Lear's; Religious Service],--[Tour to the Windward],--[Breakfast Party at the Colliton Estate],--[Testimony to the Working of the Apprenticeship],--[The Working of it in Demerara],--[The Codrington Estate],--[Codrington College],--[The "Horse,"]--[An Estate on Fire],--[The Ridge Estate; Dinner with a Company of Planters],--[A Day at Colonel Ashby's; his Testimony to the Working of the Apprenticeship],--[Interviews with Planters]; [their Testimony],--[The Belle Estate],--[Edgecombe Estate; Colonel Barrow],--[Horton Estate],--[Drax Hall Estate],--[Dinner Party at the Governor's],--[Testimony concerning the Apprenticeship],--[Market People],--[Interview with Special Justice Hamilton; his Testimony],--[Station House, District A; Trials of Apprentices before Special Magistrate Colthurst],--[Testimony of the Superintendent of the Rural Police],--[Communication from Special Justice Colthurst],--[Communication from Special Justice Hamilton],--[Testimony of Clergymen and Missionaries],--[Curate of St. Paul's],--[A FREE Church],--[A Sabbath School Annual Examination],--[Interview with Episcopal Clergymen; their Testimony],--[Visit to Schools],--[Interview with the Superintendent of the Wesleyan Mission],--[Persecution of the Methodists by Slaveholders],--[The Moravian Mission],--[Colored Population],--[Dinner Party at Mr. Harris's],--[Testimony concerning the objects of our Mission],--[A New Englander],--[History of an Emancipated Slave],--[Breakfast Party at Mr. Thorne's],--[Facts and Testimony concerning Slavery and the Apprenticeship],--[History of an Emancipated Slave],--[Breakfast Party at Mr. Prescod's],--[Character and History of the late Editor of the New Times],--[Breakfast Party at Mr. Bourne's],--[Prejudice],--[History and Character of an Emancipated Slave],--[Prejudice, vincible],--[Concubinage],--[Barbadoes as it was; "Reign of Terror;"]--[Testimony; Cruelties],--[Insurrection of 1816],--[Licentiousness],--[Prejudice]--[Indolence and Inefficiency of the Whites],--[Hostility to Emancipation],--[Barbadoes as it is],--[The Apprenticeship System; Provisions respecting the Special Magistrates],--[Provisions respecting the Master],--[Provisions respecting the Apprentice],--[The Design of the Apprenticeship],--[Practical Operation of the Apprenticeship],--[Sympathy of the Special Magistrates with the Masters],--[Apprenticeship, modified Slavery],--[Vexatious to the Master],--[No Preparation for Freedom],--[Begets hostility between Master and Apprentice],--[Has illustrated the Forbearance of the Negroes],--[Its tendency to exasperate them],--[Testimony to the Working of the Apprenticeship in the Windward Islands generally].
JAMAICA.
[Sketch of its Scenery],--[Interview with the Attorney General],--[The Solicitor General; his Testimony],--[The American Consul; his Testimony],--[The Superintendent of the Wesleyan Missions],--[The Baptist Missionaries; Sabbath; Service in a Baptist Chapel],--[Moravians; Episcopalians; Scotch Presbyterians],--[Schools in Kingston],--[Communication from the Teacher of the Wolmer Free School; Education; Statistics],--[The Union School],--["Prejudice Vincible],"--[Disabilities and Persecutions of Colored People],--[Edward Jordan, Esq.],--[Colored Members of Assembly],--[Richard Hill, Esq.],--[Colored Artisans and Merchants in Kingston],--[Police Court of Kingston],--[American Prejudice in the "limbos,"]--["Amalgamation!"]--[St. Andrew's House of Correction; Tread-mill],--[Tour through "St. Thomas in the East,"]--[Morant Bay; Local Magistrate; his lachrymal forebodings],--[Proprietor of Green Wall Estate; his Testimony],--[Testimony of a Wesleyan Missionary],--[Belvidere Estate; Testimony of the Manager],--[Chapel built by Apprentices],--[House of Correction],--[Chain-Gang],--[A call from Special Justice Baines; his Testimony],--[Bath],--[Special Justice's Office; his Testimony],--["Alarming Rebellion,"]--[Testimony of a Wesleyan Missionary],--[Principal of the Mico Charity School; his Testimony],--[Noble instance of Filial Affection in a Negro Girl],--[Plantain Garden River Valley; Alexander Barclay, Esq.],--[Golden Grove Estate; Testimony of the Manager],--[The Custos of the Parish; his Testimony],--[Amity Hall Estate; Testimony of the Manager],--[Lord Belmore's Prophecy],--[Manchioneal; Special Magistrate Chamberlain; his Testimony],--[his Weekly Court],--[Pro slavery gnashings],--[Visit with the Special Magistrate to the Williamsfield Estate; Testimony of the Manager],--[Oppression of Book-keepers],--[Sabbath; Service at a Baptist Chapel],--[Interview with Apprentices; their Testimony],--[Tour through St. Andrew's and Port Royal],--[Visit to Estates in company with Special Justice Bourne],--[White Emigrants to Jamaica],--[Dublin Castle Estate; Special Justice Court],--[A Despot in convulsions; arbitrary power dies hard],--[Encounter with Mules in a mountain pass],--[Silver Hill Estate; cases tried; Appraisement of an Apprentice],--[Peter's Rock Estate],--[Hall's Prospect Estate],--[Female Traveling Merchant],--[Negro Provision Grounds],--[Apprentices eager to work for Money],--[Jury of Inquest],--[Character of Overseers],--[Conversation with Special Justice Hamilton],--[With a Proprietor of Estates and Local Magistrate; Testimony],--[Spanishtown],--[Richard Hill, Esq., Secretary of the Special Magistracy],--[Testimony of Lord Sligo concerning him],--[Lord Sligo's Administration; its independence and impartiality],--[Statements of Mr. Hill],--[Statements of Special Justice Ramsey],--[Special Justice's Court],--[Baptist Missionary at Spanishtown; his Testimony],--[Actual Working of the Apprenticeship; no Insurrection; no fear of it; no Increase of Crime; Negroes improving; Marriage increased; Sabbath better kept; Religious Worship better attended; Law obeyed],--[Apprenticeship vexatious to both parties],--[Atrocities perpetrated by Masters and Magistrates],--[Causes of the ill-working of the Apprenticeship]--[Provisions of the Emancipation Act defeated by Planters and Magistrates],--[The present Governor a favorite with the Planters],--[Special Justice Palmer suspended by him],--[Persecution of Special Justice Bourne],--[Character of the Special Magistrates],--[Official Cruelty; Correspondence between a Missionary and Special Magistrate],--[Sir Lionel Smith's Message to the House of Assembly],--[Causes of the Diminished Crops since Emancipation],--[Anticipated Consequences of full Emancipation in 1840],--[Examination of the grounds of such anticipations],--[Views of Missionaries and Colored People, Magistrates and Planters];--[Concluding Remarks].
APPENDIX.
[Official Communication from Special Justice Lyon],--[Communication from the Solicitor General of Jamaica],--[Communication from Special Justice Colthurst],--[Official Returns of the Imports and Exports of Barbadoes],--[Valuations of Apprentices in Jamaica],--[Tabular View of the Crops in Jamaica for fifty-three years preceding 1836; Comments of the Jamaica Watchman on the foregoing Table],--[Comments of the Spanishtown Telegraph],--[Brougham's Speech in Parliament].