Excerpt from The West India Question: Practically Considered IT is of extreme importance that, prior to the introduction into Parliament, in the course of the present Session, of any measures connected with what may be called the West India Question, the actual position of that Question should be accurately examined and understood in all its points and bearings. In order' that this examination may be' made with effect, it will be necessary shortly to ad vert to the period when the consummation of the efforts of those benevolent men who, pressed on, with unwearied zeal, to effect the abolition of the British Slave Trade, was finally accomplished in the year 1807. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.