Debated Plans in British Anti-Slavery Convention
The article critiques the annual British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Convention as a stage show led by a few professional leaders, urging real action. It praises Mr. Macerecor Lairp and Mr. Larmo for proposing practical tactics, notes mixed support from American delegates and France, and encourages renewed effort with lessons learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macozag
Laip
Parsons
England
Fowern
Buxton
Africa
Macerecor Lairp
Larmo
France
Glasgow Society
Expense of Colonies and Coppen's Irregular Move
In Parliament a heated debate follows Mr. Coppen declaring colonies a loss to Britain. He skirts a substantive motion with an irregular amendment, delivering bold but unanswerable assertions that colonies are useless, while noting trade figures and potential impacts on colonial producers if colonial trade were freed and foreigners entered the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coppen
House of Commons
Copspen
Cosppen
Mr. Coppen
America
Corfu
Gibraltar
Malta
Heligoland
South Australia
New Zealand
West India
Scotland
Debated Colonial Policy and CoppEN’s Expenditure Claims
A speaker attacks Mr CoppEN for misrepresenting colonial costs and benefits, arguing the emphasis should be on people and trade over territory. The critique notes exaggeration of costs, ignores home-trade comparisons, and signals a detailed later examination of Ewart and VILLIERS statements.
Machinery in Jamaica sugar estates drives reform in agriculture
A Jamaica planters’ letter reports rapid adoption of machinery to cut costs and boost output. Ploughing and new implements reduce costs from 8s to 4s per acre, with stock learning to pull gear. Planters anticipate cheaper sugar as the apprenticeship era ends and urge wider use of ploughs and grubbers despite early scepticism.
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Jamaica
Sierra Leone
St. Thomas
the Vale
Mount Olive
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