An Examination of Charges Against the American Missionaries at the Sandwich Islands

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Excerpt from An Examination of Charges Against the American Missionaries at the Sandwich Islands: As Alleged in the Voyage of the Ship Blonde, and in the London Quarterly ReviewFour distinct classes or ranks in society appear to exist among them. The highest rank includes the king, queens, and all the branches of the reigning family. It also includes the chief counsellor or minister of the king, who, though inferior by birth, is by office and authority superior to the queens and other members of the royal family.' pp. 420, 421.The second rank includes the governors of the different islands, the third, the head men of districts or villages, and the fourth, very small landholders, and all the common people.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.