The West Indies in 1837 : being the journal of a visit to Antigua, Montserrat, Dominica, St. Lucia, Barbadoes, and Jamaica; undertaken for the purpose of ascertaining the actual condition of the Negro population of those islands / By Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey.

  • Joseph Sturge
Date:
1838
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Credit: The West Indies in 1837 : being the journal of a visit to Antigua, Montserrat, Dominica, St. Lucia, Barbadoes, and Jamaica; undertaken for the purpose of ascertaining the actual condition of the Negro population of those islands / By Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL VIEW OF THE CHARACTER OF THE NEGROS AS LABORERS FOR TWO YEARS FROM Ist. AUGUST 1834, to 1st AUGUST, 1836. Good workers of their pro- Good workers for wages -- 60 vision grounds ~ ~ ~ 60] Indifferent ditto. -. ~ 145 Indifferent: ditto ~ ~ ~ 106| Bad ditte i 2 ~¥6G4 Bad ditto; «°-~ 205 | Pree‘Childrenyi~ uni. 9G Free Children ~ ~ ~ »~ 6 _— Total 445 Total 445 SECTION VIII. THE BAPTIST MISSION. Statistics of the Baptist Churches and Schools in Jamaica, for the year ending March, 1837. Number baptized during the year... ... ... 2950 Number of members desl givpeg Vide, Cone asco on Number of inquirers Sem bsne eae . 16146 Clear increase of members during the year ... 2800 Total number in connection with the Mission 32966 SCHOOLS. Number of (Day scholars’ :40 ces, -cen. csee pear. POS re Evening do. chiefly adults .. cy ek a Sunday do. eee 5594 A history of the Baptist Mission in Jamaica would be a valuable addition to the more permanent records of missionary enterprise, which we already possess. Its commencement was obscure, but it has grown to a height and magnitude, within a comparatively short period, which has struck beholders with surprise ; and none probably have been more impressed with silent wonder, than the individuals who have been the means, as feeble instruments in the hand of Divine Providence, of effecting so great a work. There are at present sixteen missionaries of this persuasion in the island, the majority of whom have a princi- pal and several subordinate stations, under their care; or, in other words, they are the pastors of three or four distinct congregations. It is impossible to suppose that labors so multiplied and extensive can be advantageously sustained by so small a number of missionaries, and we would affectionately suggest the importance of supplying addi- tional aid to carry on the work, to the Directors and Christian sup- porters of the mission in this country. In addition to their more im-