17. R. Hildreth, The “Ruin” of Jamaica, Anti-Slavery Tracts, no. 6 (New York: American anti-Slavery Society, n.d.). (12 p.)

Comparison of the economic development of Jamaica following the emancipation of slaves as compared to Cuba, where slavery still existed. The author asserts that such a comparison, which inevitably favors Cuba, is based on false assumptions and faulty analyses.