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Published in 1838 by the American Anti-Slavery Society, who had
commissioned their investigative tour, Thome and Kimball's
Emancipation in the West Indies immediately became an influential
abolitionist text. Many anti-abolitionists in America were
prophesying major upheaval should slavery be outlawed. Slavery had
been officially abolished in the British West Indies in 1827, and
the object of the tour was to assess the results there. The islands
visited had followed different models ranging from total abolition
to a gradual change through apprenticeship until 1838, and the
results had proved those who feared abolition wrong. There had been
no insurrection or increase in crime, participation in education
and religion among former slaves had generally increased, and only
the former slave-owners were unhappy about the economic
consequences for their estates. The book contains documentary
evidence from residents and officials of the islands, describing
the effects of emancipation.
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