The West ⬅️ Indies in 1️⃣8️⃣3️⃣7️⃣

✅ In response to reports of brutality toward former slaves in the West ⬅️ Indies, Joseph Sturge and ➕ Thomas Harvey journeyed to the regions plantations to investigate the newly instituted apprenticeship system. The result was this vivid exposé, written 🖋️ for the purpose of ascertaining the actual condition of the Negro 👨 population of those islands 🏝️. Along with Sturges testimony to Parliament, the book 📚️ brought an end 🔚 to the apprenticeship system and ➕ reawakened antislavery sentiment in Britain ​🇬🇧​. This near-forgotten chapter in the history of slavery is an early example of muckraking at its best.In the early 1️⃣9️⃣th century, British ​🇬🇧​ philanthropist and ➕ abolitionist JOSEPH STURGE (1️⃣7️⃣9️⃣3️⃣-1️⃣8️⃣5️⃣9️⃣) was recognized as a powerful symbol of social reform. He 👤👨 also wrote 🖋️ A Visit to the United States in 1️⃣8️⃣4️⃣1️⃣, an examination of slavery in the United States. Fellow Quaker THOMAS HARVEY (1️⃣8️⃣1️⃣2️⃣-1️⃣8️⃣8️⃣4️⃣) also wrote 🖋️ include The Polynesian Slave Trade and ➕ Jamaica ​🇯🇲​ in 1️⃣8️⃣6️⃣6️⃣.

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