CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I. THE WEST INDIES BEFORE THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY.[3]
II. ANTIGUA, AFTER IMMEDIATE, UNCONDITIONAL EMANCIPATION.[12]
III. THE WINDWARD ISLANDS, DURING THE APPRENTICESHIP—TESTIMONY OF PLANTERS IN BARBADOES, IN 1837.[29]
IV. TESTIMONY CONCERNING THE WEST INDIES, FROM 1840 TO 1859.[38]
V. JAMAICA.[54]
VI. EMANCIPATION SAFE IN EVERY INSTANCE.[86]
VII. CONCLUDING REMARKS.[94]
APPENDIX. IN WHICH STATEMENTS ARE BROUGHT DOWN TO THE CLOSE OF 1860.[97]