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DESTINY OF JAMAICA. 



purpose however, now, to consider what would be the con- 

 sequences of such an event, for before it can happen, in all 

 probability, a new generation will have taken the place of 

 the present race of freedmen, whose training and experi- 

 ence will qualify them to take no insignificant part in 

 shaping the destiny of Jamaica, and of the colored popu- 

 lation of the West India islands. 



