1835 Oct. Buxton to Lord Sligo, about his letters to Lord Suffield, his complaints of misrepresentation by Macaulay in the Anti-Slavery Reporter, …
1835; Gale Group;
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Anti-Slavery Reporter pp 120-27 1835 Oct. Buxton to Lord Sligo, about his letters to Lord Suffield, his complaints of misrepresentation by Macaulay in the , Macaulay's reply, his own view of Sligo's character and his puzzlement at his allowing the Jamaica Act to be passed when it was so flagrant a violation of the British Act. He also discusses the explanation that Sligo had inadvertently let it pass at the end of the session and had later recommended the Colonial Office to disallow it. He comments on the removal of some of the best special magistrates, admits the debt of the whole anti-slavery movement to Sligo and hopes that he would remain in office. He warns him that he was going to question the Colonial Office about the list of subjects upon which he had reported to it, circumspectly so as not to divulge the source of his information. He asserts that he had never betrayed his source and so begs Sligo to continue to write to him. Finally he mentions the imminent arrival of Trew and the Mico Charity agents in Jamaica and an obscure reference by Sligo to manumission grants which he had not understood. (Copy.)
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