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President of Montserrat (an island in the Caribbean) governing body to Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, 5th Jan, 1835. Letter reporting on island economy. It comments on the ill effects of emancipation (the freeing of slaves), and the need for free labour as the apprenticed slaves were lazy and indolent. (Slaves who were freed under the Emancipation Act, were then forced to work as apprentices). From Papers Relative to Abolition of Slavery, Part II, 1833-35.

Date: 5th Jan 1835

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