It appears that the Governor issued his proclamation on the 11th of March, which decreed that the apprenticeship system should terminate on the last day of that month. The publication of this important proclamation was also attended by that of an order in Council, dated Windsor,
June 26, 1839 - British Emancipator - London, London, England
On Ist instant a large and highly respectable .rneetipg was held at Devonshire - 11 - ciuse, Houndsditcli. • Mr. STURGE, in coming forward, congratulated themeeting upon thelact r that since they had met last year in that room, the slavery of the British colonies had ben abolish
June 26, 1839 - British Emancipator - London, London, England
ADDRESS TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, FROM THE INHABITANTS OF KINGSTON. To his Excellency Sir Lionel Smith, efe. May it please your Excellency, We, her Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects of the City and ,Parish of Kingston, beg leave to approach your Excellency with the assu
October 16, 1839 - British Emancipator - London, London, England
the unrighteous execution of his office, condemns eleven females to be literally " broken on the wheel :" For the space of" twenty-four hours ;" (we quote the words of Lord Glenelg !) they are suspended—tied by the arms with cords to the death-dealing engine! At the end of this
April 25, 1838 - British Emancipator - London, London, England
Shady Spring, 8 May, 1836. My dear Sir, I have just had an express, informing me that my father-in-law is in a state of extreme illness. I must go to see him. This will prevent my fulfilling my duty in attending the committee of magistrates to-morrow; and I beg that you will sta
April 25, 1838 - British Emancipator - London, London, England
STIPENDIARY SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IN JAMAICA. Entertaining a deep-rooted and unconquerable aversion to injustice, oppression, and cruelty in every form, more particularly when exereised, towards the meek, the unoffending, and patiently-enduring negro ; and still more especially whe
April 25, 1838 - British Emancipator - London, London, England
At the fifth annual meeting of the above society, the following resolution was unanimously adopted " That our hearts have been cheered by the intelligence which has reached us, of the energetic measures adopted by our faithful co-adjutors in England, for the complete emancipatio
June 13, 1838 - British Emancipator - London, London, England
"Was it by sneering THE SAINTS (by which term of scorn and irony, I suppose is meant, men of sincere piety of all sects), out of the presence of Monarchy to force them into the ranks of the political republicans I Was it to force and goad the temper and patience of this portion
May 16, 1838 - British Emancipator - London, London, England