[The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4 by American Anti-Slavery Society]@TWC D-Link bookThe Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4 CHAPTER III 124/620
We give his speech as reported in the Jamaica papers, to show how fanatical even a slaveholder may become. "On the members resuming their seats, Mr.HART proposed that it be an instruction to the committee appointed to bring in the bill or abolishing the remainder of the apprenticeship, to insert a clause in it, that the operation of that bill should commence on the 28th of June, that being the day appointed for the coronation of the Queen.
_He felt proud in telling the house that he was the representative of the black population.
He was sent there by the blacks and his other friends_.
The white Christians had their representatives, the people of color had their representatives, and _he hoped shortly to see the day when the blacks would send in their own representatives_.
He wanted the thing done at once, Sir, said the honorable member waxing warm.
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