Excerpt from Notes on the West Indies, Vol. 2 of 2: Including Observations Relative to the Creoles and Slaves of the Western Colonies, and the Indian of South America; Interspersed With Remarks Upon the Seasoning or Yellow Fever of Hot Climates Letter LIII. A summary account of the slaves, and state of slavery in the West India colonies 454 letter LIV. 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.