Evening Mail in London, Middlesex

Gradual Abolition Debated in Jamaica Trade Session

In Parliament the Jamaica Free Ports Bill moves to morrow, funds pass, and election petitions are deferred. Beaufey leads a Committee of the Whole on gradual abolition of the slave trade, arguing for compensation and middle course to avoid disrupting planters, mortgagees, and ships while aiming to end the trade in seven years with staged import limits and broader emigration concerns.