Emancipation in the West Indies – Thome & Kimball – 1839 | Anti-Slavery Report

Emancipation in the West Indies: A Six Months’ Tour in Antigua, Barbadoes, and Jamaica, in the Year 1837 by James A. Thome and J. Horace Kimball was released by the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1839. This second edition chronicles a fact-finding journey through three Caribbean colonies where slavery had ended. The authors, selected by the Society, recorded what they saw and heard from residents, laborers, officials, and planters. Their route took them through towns and plantations, schools and churches. While they found discontent among former slaveholders, their observations recorded shifts in social life, increased religious gatherings, and emerging educational activity among formerly enslaved communities. A folding map is included.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Emancipation in the West Indies: A Six Months’ Tour in Antigua, Barbadoes, and Jamaica, in the Year 1837
• Author(s): James A. Thome; J. Horace Kimball
• Publisher: New York, American Anti-Slavery Society
• Edition: Second Edition, 1839
• Format: Duodecimo (12mo), single volume
• Binding: Original tan blind-stamped cloth
• Size:  7.75 in x 5 in (19.5 cm x 12 cm)
• Collation: xx, 21-412 pp
• Illustrations: Folding map
• Contents Include:
  • Travel observations from 1837 across Antigua, Barbadoes, and Jamaica
  • Reports on post-abolition education and worship
  • Discussions with officials, freed people, and planters
  • Appendices including regional conditions
• Reference(s): Goldsmiths’-Kress no. 31193

Condition:

Very Good condition. Binding is tan, blind-stamped cloth with rubbing and discoloration on the boards. Spine remains secure. Folding map intact. Text block is complete with signs of handling and age toning. Scattered foxing throughout.

Why Collect This?

• Issued by the American Anti-Slavery Society
• Includes original folding map
• Direct observations from Caribbean colonies after abolition
• Suitable for those focused on abolitionist records or Caribbean colonial history

Item Number: # 28861