West India Colonies, Slave Insurrection

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Excerpt from West India Colonies, Slave Insurrection: Return to Addresses to His Majesty, Dated 9 and 15 March 1832, for Address 9 March 1832, Copies of a Circular Despatch Addressed by Viscount Goderich to the Governors of West India Colonies, on 3d June 1831Whereas it has been represented to Us, that the slaves in some of Our West India Colonies and of Our Possessions on the continent of South America, have been erroneously led to believe that orders had been sent out by Us for their emancipa tion, and whereas such belief has produced acts of insubordination, which have excited Our highest displeasure: We have thought fit, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, to issue this Our Royal Proclamation and We do hereby declare and make known that the slave population in Our said colonies and posses sions will forfeit all claim on Our protection if they shall fail to render entire sub mission to the laws, as well as dutiful obedience to their masters, and We hereby charge and command all Our Governors of Our said West India Colonies and Pos sessions to give the fullest publicity to this Our Proclamation, and to enforce, by all the legal means in their power, the punishment of those who may disturb the tranquillity and peace of Our said Colonies and Possessions.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.