British Slave Emancipation: The Sugar Colonies and the Great Experiment, 1830-1865

A study of the West Indies in the mid-nineteenth century, this book draws together the experiences of more than a dozen different sugar colonies and forms them into a coherent historical account. The first part of the book examines the West Indies on the eve of emancipation in 1830-1865, a key passage in West Indian history. Green presents a clear general picture of the sugar colonies, and places British governmental policy toward the region in the context of Victorian attitudes toward colonial questions.Green, William A. is the author of 'British Slave Emancipation: The Sugar Colonies and the Great Experiment, 1830-1865' with ISBN 9780198224365 and ISBN 0198224362.