“From the 1st of August, 1834, to 31st of May, 1836, 998 apprentices purchased their freedom by valuation, and paid L33,998.  From 31st May, 1836, to 1st November, in the same year, 582 apprentices purchased themselves, and paid L18,217—­making, in all, L52,216—­a prodigious sum to be furnished by the negroes in two years.  From the above statement it appears that the desire to be free is daily becoming more general and more intense, and that the price of liberty remains the same, although the term of apprenticeship is decreasing.  The amount paid by the apprentices is a proof of the extent of the exertions and sacrifices they are willing to make for freedom, which can scarcely be appreciated by those who are unacquainted with the disadvantages of their previous condition.  The negroes frequently raise the money by loans to purchase their freedom, and they are scrupulous in repaying money lent them for that purpose.”

The above is extracted from the “West Indies in 1837,” an English work by Messrs. Sturge and Harvey, page 86, Appendix.

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We insert the following tabular view of the crops in Jamaica for a series of years preceding 1837.—­As the table and “Remarks” appended were first published in the St. Jago Gazette, a decided “pro-slavery” paper, we insert, in connection with them, the remarks of the Jamaica Watchman, published at Kingston, and an article on the present condition of slavery, from the Telegraph, published at Spanishtown, the seat of the colonial government.

A GENERAL RETURN OF EXPORTS From the island of Jamaica, for 53 years, ending 31st December, 1836—­copied from the Journals of the House.

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E  |   e   |   e  |   l |   e  |  e  |    |  l  |   |     |      |
|   h   |   c  |   e |   h  |  h  | s  |  e  | s |  s  |      |
r  |   s   |   r  |   r |   c  |  s  | k  |  r  | k |  k  |   s  |
a  |   g   |   e  |   r |   n  |  g  | s  |  r  | s |  s  |   g  |
e  |   o   |   i  |   a |   u  |  o  | a  |  a  | a |  a  |   a  |
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1772| 69,451| 9,936|  270|      |     |    |     |   |     |      |
1773| 72,996|11,453|  849|      |     |    |     |   |     |      |
1774| 69,579| 9,250|  278|      |     |    |     |   |     |      |