Black Abolitionist Archive
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Subtitle: The West India Emancipation. Title: Anglo-African - September 3, 1865 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Anglo-African (1863 - 1865) The writer offers an overview of the situation in the British West Indies after emancipation. Although the feared violence never manifested, the growing tension between the newly freed slaves and former slave-owners was more pronounced than previously believed. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: Britain; Civil rights; England; Jamaica; slaveholders; Stipendiary Magistrates; vote; West Indies Publication type: editorials; Newspapers |
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