New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-06
Nfsu1lprk DAILY Tribn,m
THE TRUTH ABOUT JAMAICA. III.

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r, n. Edito- Of 7As " L. T,i6ure
SIR: Ike act e emancipation passed y.se inps
,i.l Parliament wss qu!escsd in with avery sstsrss
by some Ct Tie colonies. Jsmscs was among tee mss
di. concerted and its Legslstuis forth With began 10
pas estrct.vs ard penal avs against the soosAV
preutices Stperiiaiy Justices were sPpo'ntsd byAs
British Government 20 sojuocsls complaints betvsn
matter ard selyaI.-cere being taken thst thu "
poirims nts shou,d be conferred only persons twn-
uect.d with ths colcnie'. The laws which As~
ma ,;strstss lad to administer however bore pttp ~
cu,iay hsrdshp upon the apprentices, seeing ths Ay
were framed by ,aoss who considered It their best H.
teest TO set all they could GU! of them during thss
probationary s.se. feeling of bitterness was srgsc-
tered in The bcscms OF the Shareholders, ugrg then
On TO appes TO tie laws on the slghtss. prs.It g.
oomper yirg TIE gal action with the moe. bt.srslnn
eesi, st the objects of their anger Some Ct tas ST.
ptIcisry Justices were impartial snt eonsclenI,u
men, and exterde prctecic over the persscee!sp-
prertces; while Others were mere psr'iaans ot 'a'
slayet ol1,rs ready al all times TO execute tisT 5sA
pleasure On ihe whole, the coLcition OF tas asgo
wss WORE dmiIc the fsur years apprenticeship, tau
durrg the existence of abeolrte slavery Il va
TIE owner had longer the power to tog aai ,saes
slave to The woIkhohse at lis mere psasure but ga
eIslly spesk g, the msgisTs'e was mi'itg eoorga 70
DO II fcr him; and Il severe aogg.ngs were gVm dur
.he times of slavery ose ordeiif them Led ~sst
the ieceIcy TO have the punishment ,nt cted pr
yste IL was r.strved for the period Of traascn from
slavery to eedom to shock the nerves Of tteseasivs
by hayrg all TIE II ggir g done 10 the public market
place Saturday beng tie day selected. in the tom
wte,e tten lived fer psyirg oa these ,cerss. b.
cause the market was tnea most crowded.
According to law, the plsntstion lsbpes wsn snH.
t'td to the half Of Friday, and the whole Of SsrfsL
for the purpose of working in their poyi.on gro'ats
,usly ir' m FIVE to twenty miles som the estSe Oa
he mo,t fivolou, pre,ext complain. would bs msis
20 the Sjpepdiary Jutice, and the unfortunate negro
be deprived Of his dsys for weeks togethsr lssves
him dspenc. ut on the charity Of his feow-sppt'rac"
for food. This was fsvori.e me hod of puasdusat
Thus it tina. tie planters took the fret step eva
in sntcpation Of Slavery, toward the absndouneas
ther estaes-insaney imsgitirg that they "o-id %
abe TO Tencer them elves Independent. ct tesr pse'ns
laborers by the Importation Of imngtsnt, ana 'ss'
they would aysrg ge themse yea tie ioImsr by s'A
irg them
AZ eIgth the ever memorable ls. Of Auguf. i'''
aiiived, when freedom was proclaimed through'1'se'
colonies, ard celebrated with great rjocfg' Az
might have BEEN expected, lsbor ceased 'of sa%'
tine. Ibdeed, at that period Of the year continue"
labor is hardly required tie estSes as th' crop,
have jest been taken in and tie time is hardly an'e
fer planting. Wber lator about to bsre .uned nov
evtr, Considerable difficulty experienced IN setting
the rates Of wages, and in determining the tenure "
which the laborers should hold TIE cotag ard grcuah
0feis they had resided slaves. Generally spea<-
irg, the labcrrs would have been satisfied 10 Wofs tor
shilling ster'irg day, and house rent free. S'ns
few Of the pahtes soquies ed in this gsmeat,
in thing equivalent thereto but the m,joriy fun
ousy rssstgd it, insistirg On paying shilling ds
ard IN temsnoing three sbiiioss per week for rech
Nsy, Of them went 20 fer as 10 demand 40 mscf
per capita each Ims.e CT house, Of tie mos
tender age. OF course, it WA impossible TO suomi: 70
teims Unreasonable. Exaspers,eo at tho firm SIC
tuGe of the sborer, tLs plarters scsd them from hs
states, pulsd down the cotas, destroyed the p''VF
.on giounos aid cut down the fut trees Ia ta1 u.
discriminate voik Of destruction, valuable groves
trees ell before ths sx 10 The loss OF ths aD
seutee proprietor such antics were l.u..y psrf
by men VITO had nothing TO oss OF ths properties tn1
thus lad wes,e.
But retlbuiiye u.s. co WA aeon awakened pM.cu'
larry in Jsmsics. There was one man IN ths. lslsod
.dua 10 the .sk Of ettDg TIE problem Of Zoe reg'os
fuiu 6 pos'oo, driven though he fom the root
uB,er which 10 has resided from ais .tfaucy. 1a~
u On wss tie Rev. William Kobb, "a eminent BspN
minister whose che pei IN the Town Of fslmo-ts hsA
oxen torn down. iJgirg the insuus or By ,hs srs'
eIs ard ;Leir p,rtilaIs, but which had bssa r.ba-
through the ccltrbuiiOn Of the negro members Of 80
hock, in style far surprising tie siifcs wh.cn AL
been demolished Mr.. Knlb5 proposoS toa tn'
'jectsd psasantry .boui prretoss freetoH' Of ts'"
orn-a sistiirg proportion 10 people ist snsfSs'
ircm Slavery, and perni'ess hon ths wsat Of 'c,n'
Trough the genius Of Kr bb, however evsn ths '"-
CO.. tax was accomplished. As be hsi ssss''uV
foreteen, severs eststss AID outlying lsad' oso0sss
thereto tai been absndorei. aud were ncs a 'a'
maIke, ior VIA. they would fetch. IL was ton ,'..
Ct ,htss very pop. tes that the lsbors'' hs' or
elected and which were, in cjrs'qusncs, r'7'e
wci,6lti, But VIA. capitals. would, under t"' g..
existing state cf thirg-, ,isk BIS morsy CO s's PIP
tes for tie purp. Of cultivation, eesi's-se "'H'
ph,sse-that labor couli %. be obss.asd. Ihscea-
qzse vss rat hsss p, pc .tssfsl-to tA' hse''
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