Download Facts and documents connected with the late insurrection in Jamaica: and the violations of civil and religious liberty arising out of it (1832) - William Knibb | ePub Online

During its first 200 years of British rule, Jamaica became one of the world's leading sugar-exporting, slave-dependent nations, producing more than 77,000 tons of sugar annually between 1820 and 1824. Although the UK had outlawed the importation of slaves, some were still smuggled into the colonies. While planning the abolition of slavery, the British Parliament passed