Jamaica Act for Abolishing Slavery, 1835

[Jamaica Abolition] Analysis of the Jamaica Acts to Carry into Effect the Act for Abolishing Slavery. London: Printed by John Stevens, 153 Fleet Street. 1835. First separate edition (Previously published in the Quarterly Review No. 58 in December, 1823). 3 pages. Measures 8" x 13". Publication examines the abolition of slavery in Jamaica and the potential consequences and impacts of the decision on Black workers. Focus is placed on the number of required hours to work, implications of the Imperial Act, and the continued rights of plantation owners, stating the outcome may be just "emancipating prisoners on the plantation to which he is attached." From the letter: "The principle of the Act for the abolition of slavery is, that the negro shall be in all respects a freeman, except the gratuitous service which he is bound, as a apprentice, to render for a time to his former owner...for forty-five hours in the week, and to certain civil disabilities for public office, which were considered incompatible with his dependent condition...but, in fact, he remains an 'emancipated prisoner' on the plantation to which he is attached, substantially liable to the same punishments, and laboring under the same capacities as heretofore... he cannot quit the estate... he cannot dance with his children... he cannot complain to the magistrate... he remains destitute of nearly every right." Folded for inclusion in a pamphlet or as part of a larger published report. Some splits at fold and some minor chipping on lower l;eft corner. One line near top publication has inked through. All text present and minimal wear on pages from age. Overall, in very good condition.