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Sturge, Joseph., and Harvey, Thomas.
The West Indies in 1837 Being the Journal of a Visit to Antigua, Montserrat, Dominica, St. Lucia, Barbados, and Jamaica; Undertaken for the Purpose of Ascertaining the Actual Condition of the Negro Population of those Islands.
Publisher: Hamilton, Adams, & Co., London;
Date of Publication: 1838
Stock Code: 14491
First Edition. Octavo, pp., xi, [1] blank, 380, xciv, [1] errata, [1] blank. Publisher’s purple cloth, ornamental border in blind to boards, titled in gilt to spine. Binding recased with new end-papers. Spine and boards faded. Contents clean and bright. Joseph Sturge (1793–1859) and his co-author, Thomas Harvey (1812–1884) were Quaker philanthropists and advocates for the abolition of slavery. Following the Abolition Act of 1833, Britain established a system of ‘apprenticeship’ across its former slave-holdings, which required that any enslaved person over the age of six work for up to eight years without pay. This detailed account of the lives of enslaved people was influential in the campaign for full emancipation, which was ultimately successful in 1838. A second edition appeared later the same year with maps. £250.00