The Practical Defeat of the Abolition Act, By Colonial Legislation And Stipendiary Magistrates
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Many of them are in habits of intimacy with overseers and others, and are therefore under strong temptations to decide in favour of the master."- — > — *" Look at the sufferings of the missionaries — the destruc- tion of places of worship, and reflect upon the horrible fate of slaves wha died under the lash, while others were executed without trial ; and then recollect that the bill of indemnity, passed by the very perpetrators, was provided as a safeguard against the punishment which their off...ences merited. Do these men repent of their conduct — do the colonists exhibit one particle of compunction — do they express the slightest regret for the past and expiate their conduct by the promise of future amendment P No, the very reverse ! the cry is, " Let Martial Law come again, and we shall know what to do : the are paid for now, and we cannot lose if we do not leave one black skin in the island ! What can they (the parent government) do to us ? We have only to pass another Bill of Indemnity; let what will happen, they canot injure us." f " Should Parliament ever demand an investigation into the conduct of the special magistrates in this island, the public indignation, I am sure, will know no bounds at the exposure which must follow.
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