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Excerpt from Letters From the West Indies: Relating Especially to the Danish Island St. Croix, and to the British Islands Antigua, Barbadoes, and Jamaica
The Committee commend the littlezvolume on the state of the emancipated British colonies to the public with confidence that it will be a valuable auxiliary in the great work of African improvement. If they are not mistaken, the Letters exhibit an unusual degree of candor, industry, sound judgment and discriminating observation. The highly respected author, for several years a Tutor in Yale College, and more recently a Pro fessor in Williams. And Amherst Colleges, spent a con siderable portion of the years 1835 - 6 and of 1836 - 7 in the West Indies, though only a part of the'time, as agent of the Union. His facilities for obtaining correct information are detailed, with other circumstances, by himself in the introductory Letter.
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The Committee commend the littlezvolume on the state of the emancipated British colonies to the public with confidence that it will be a valuable auxiliary in the great work of African improvement. If they are not mistaken, the Letters exhibit an unusual degree of candor, industry, sound judgment and discriminating observation. The highly respected author, for several years a Tutor in Yale College, and more recently a Pro fessor in Williams. And Amherst Colleges, spent a con siderable portion of the years 1835 - 6 and of 1836 - 7 in the West Indies, though only a part of the'time, as agent of the Union. His facilities for obtaining correct information are detailed, with other circumstances, by himself in the introductory Letter.
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.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Sylvester Hovey
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780265416266
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm
Page Count - 206
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ISBN - 9781333336523
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm
Page Count - 208
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