Author: James RalfePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331217469
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Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Excerpt from The Naval Biography of Great Britain, Vol. 4 of 4: Consisting of Historical Memoirs of Those Officers of the British Navy Who Distinguished Themselves During the Reign of His Majesty George III The West India Islands were at this time in a deplorable condition; most of them had lately been conquered by Sir John Jervis, but two of them, Guadeloupe and St. Lucia, had been retaken by a French force under Victor Hughes; and all of them were ripe for a revolt in favour of the new doctrines of the rights of man. Materials are always more or less ready for combustion in colonies where a few whites hold a multi tude of negroes in slavery. These favourable circumstances were seized by the French commander with the greatest avidity, and the slaves were incited to revolt by the'allurement of liberty, so congenial to the heart of 'man. A communication was opened with the discontented at St. 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.
