JAMAICA. ADDRESSES TO HIS EXCELLENCY EDWARD JOHN EYRE, ESQUIRE

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[Kingston, Jamaica]: DeCordova & Co., 1866.. [4],172pp. 12mo. Contemporary purple pebbled cloth, contemporary paper label on front cover. Internally clean. Near fine. A collection of addresses to the governor of Jamaica, Edward John Eyre, largely praising him for his handling of the Morant Bay rebellion. In the wake of emancipation, the Jamaican economy struggled without its traditional labor foundation. With plantations going bankrupt seemingly everywhere, the recently freed Blacks became the focal point of the island's frustration. Courts often discriminated towards them, while land restriction measures based on race were passed. Not willing to suffer such oppression, an armed revolt broke out among the Blacks of Morant Bay. The government moved swiftly to suppress it. Over five hundred eighty men and women were killed; six hundred were flogged; one thousand houses were destroyed; and the leader, a Creole by the name of George William Gordon, was executed at Eyre's command. Cause for praise indeed. A scarce Jamaican imprint; imprints from this late period are often rarer than from the days of prosperity. CUNDALL 378.

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