7.5" x 9" printed document with heading Manumission of the Slave on The First of August being a circular relating to the emancipation of the slaves of the West Indies, printed by the Ladies Society for Promoting the Early Education and Improvement of the Children of Negroes in the British West Indies. The British Parliament passed an act in August 1833 to abolish slavery in the West Indies and create a system of apprenticeship to teach the children of former slaves a trade. This circular was an appeal for funding of a school to teach these children, a point that the bill in Parliament failed to fund. Condition: Very light folds, VG+.
7.5" x 9" printed document with heading Manumission of the Slave on The First of August being a circular relating to the emancipation of the slaves of the West Indies, printed by the Ladies Society for Promoting the Early Education and Improvement of the Children of Negroes in the British West Indies. The British Parliament passed an act in August 1833 to abolish slavery in the West Indies and create a system of apprenticeship to teach the children of former slaves a trade. This circular was an appeal for funding of a school to teach these children, a point that the bill in Parliament failed to fund. Condition: Very light folds, VG+.
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