Excerpt from A View of the Past and Present State of the Island of Jamaica: With Remarks on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Slaves, and on the Abolition of Slavery in the Colonies Author has been governed by the most perfect impartiality. Whatever differences of Opinion may exist on some points which he discusses, as connected with those subjects, the accuracy and justness of his statements will at least be ac knowledged. He has anxiously endeavoured to steer clear of all prejudices and party opinions. If, on the one hand, he conceives that the planters have, on some occasions, been unfairly accused by those who rather sought to vilify than convince them, he, on the other, thinks that their advocates are too prone to vindicate indiscriminately, and even hold up as faultless, whatever relates to the colonial system. The misrepresentations of the former originate in the partial and exaggerated statements of men who. Have visited the West Indies obviously for the purpose of notinin g only what was faulty - 4nd who, drawing sweeping conclusions from certain abuses and enormities they may have witnessed, exhibit a very unfair and dis totted picture, - strengthening thereby those nu qualified prejudices which have so assiduously been kept alive against the planters - while the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.