XVlll CONTENTS 



I'AGE. 



Amelioeatiox of the Coxditiox of the Slaves 427 



Abolition of the Slave-trade 427 



Registration of the Slaves 428 



Debates in Parliament i 430 



Protest of the Bahamas 432 



The Wylly Affair 433 



The " Healing Act " 437 



Adoption of the Registration System 439 



Demands of the English Public 441 



Attitude of the Bahamas 444 



Adoption of a New Slave Code 445 



Legal Rights of Master and Slave 446 



Rights and Duties of the Slave 446 



Rights and Duties of the Master 452 



Operation of the Registration System 457 



The Abolition of Slavery 457 



Governor Sir James Smyth 458 



Attempt to give effect to Reforms 458 



Flogging of Female Slaves 460 



Elections of 1832 464 



Governor Smyth and the Slaveholders 468 



The Governor's Council 470 



Attempt to Educate the Africans 471 



The Out-islands 472 



Law against Cruelty to Slaves not Enforced 473 



Removing Slaves from one Island to the other 476 



SLxWE Trade Survives 478 



Court Martial of Major Nicolls 480 



Abolition of Slavery by Parliament 481 



Balfour as Lieutenant-Governor 483 



The Assembly Convened Again 484 



Struggle over Executive Functions 485 



Provision for the Coming Changes 490 



Period of the Apprenticeship System 492 



A New Regime Instituted 492 



Classes of Apprentices 493 



Legal Status of Apprentices 495 



