Project Gutenberg 2015-09-20 Public domain in the USA. 44 Child, Lydia Maria 1802 1880 Child, Lydia Maria Francis Francis, Lydia Maria Child, L. Maria (Lydia Maria) Child, D. L., Mrs. Child, Mrs. D. L. Child, Mrs. David Lee Child, David Lee, Mrs. 11006644 The Right Way the Safe Way Proved by Emancipation in the British West Indies, and Elsewhere Reading ease score: 59.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Right Way the Safe Way" by Lydia Maria Child is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The book explores the impact and realities of emancipation in the British West Indies, particularly as it pertains to the lives of enslaved individuals and their former masters. Through a collection of facts and reports, it aims to dispel misconceptions about the economic decline of the colonies post-emancipation, focusing instead on the progress and improvements in society following the abolition of slavery. At the start of the work, Child sets the stage by outlining the conditions of the British West Indies before the abolition of slavery. She notes that the prevailing narrative of the planters' imminent ruin post-emancipation is misleading, supported by historical reports that reveal a long history of financial distress among plantation owners and a detrimental impact on the enslaved population. Child's argument highlights that while planters were often in economic decline, the enslaved laborers faced severe conditions that were largely ignored. The opening portion emphasizes the complex interplay between economic interests and moral imperatives surrounding slavery, laying the groundwork for a deeper analysis of the outcomes of emancipation as the narrative progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Slavery -- United States Slavery -- West Indies E300 Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 283249 283253 2024-10-21T03:37:04.659853 2023-09-21T13:30:27.357166 text/html text/html 282580 2015-09-27T11:02:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 127069 2015-09-27T11:03:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 138817 2024-10-21T03:37:08.585833 application/epub+zip 140074 2024-10-21T03:37:05.261838 application/epub+zip 140075 2024-10-21T03:37:04.978816 application/epub+zip 226116 2024-10-21T03:37:11.774781 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 200280 2024-10-21T03:37:08.075828 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 200341 2022-09-22T15:45:25.582031 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 264860 264635 2024-10-21T03:37:04.206863 2023-09-21T13:30:26.783197 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 265062 2015-09-27T11:01:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 99418 2015-09-27T11:03:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20618 2024-10-21T03:37:11.913782 application/rdf+xml 7418 2024-10-21T03:37:05.044818 image/jpeg 1438 2024-10-21T03:37:05.010831 image/jpeg 129069 2024-10-21T03:37:04.687820 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia