12/68 But the results had proved so different that he was ashamed of his former forebodings. He had no desire ever to see slavery re-established. The first of August, 1834, was described as a day of remarkable quiet and tranquillity. The Solicitor-General remarked, that there were many fears for the results of that first day of abolition. He said he arose early that morning, and before eight o'clock rode through the most populous part of the island, over an extent of twelve miles. |