Author: Charles Grant Glenelg

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Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 9781332243594

Excerpt from General Results of Negro Apprenticeship: As Shown by Extracts From the Public Speeches and Despatches of the Governors of Various Colonies, and of Lord Glenelg, as Secretary of State for the Colonial Department These selections are intended to refer exclusively to the proposition for abolishing Negro Apprenticeship. In contradiction to the extraordinary assertion that the present state of the Negro, if not worse, is and will be little better, than it was under the system of Slavery, they prove, by a few conclusive sentences from the best authority, that the Apprenticeship has operated not only well on the Negro individually, but on the Negro and the White in their mutual relations: that it is in fact an apprenticeship, and a beneficial one, for both. That some abuses still occur, especially in prisons and workhouses, is not denied; but that they are much diminished, and that the development of a new social feeling has begun and is advancing, is here demonstrated. That it is still, though general, only progressive, may be fairly inferred from occasional expressions and particular instances; but it is just and reasonable to believe that the right course has been chosen, and that perseverance in a plan already found so beneficial, affords the best chance of establishing an united Black and White population, which may by possibility be found capable of inhabiting and cultivating the English Colonies, in common, and with equal rights. 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.