The West India Question: Practically Considered (1826)

by Robert Wilmot Horton

Book Overview

The West India Question: Practically Considered is a book written by Robert Wilmot Horton in 1826. The book explores the issue of slavery and the sugar trade in the West Indies. Horton argues that the abolition of slavery would have a devastating impact on the economy of the region and that gradual emancipation, combined with other reforms, would be a more practical solution. The book also discusses the role of the British government in regulating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143734643X
• ISBN13: 9781437346435
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"