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Description:Excerpt from India's Cries to British Humanity: Relative to Infanticide, British Connection With Idolatry, Ghaut Murders, Suttee, Slavery, and Colonization in India; To Which Are Added, Humane Hints for the Melioration of the State of Society in British India Surely a brighter day has dawned on the East. To this edition is added - 'The present state of Infanticide and Slavery in British India.' Upon these subjects but little correct information appears to be possessed. A very general impression prevails that Infanticide is abolished; and a late celebrated writer on India has stated - "No slavery legally exists in the British territories at this moment;" with what surprise will the reader hear, that there are two volumes of Parliamentary Papers on Infanticide, and that a voluminous collection of Papers, of nearly 1,000 folio pages, on Slavery in India, were "ordered to be printed by the Hon. House of Commons, Mar. 12, 1828." - From these valuable documents full and accurate information may be procured. For the Parliamentary Papers on the Burning of Hindoo Widows, Infanticide, the Temple of Juggernaut, and Slavery in India, the Author is under the highest obligation to T. F. Buxton, Esq., M.P., and to W. Smith, Esq., M. P. If this volume contain information of a nature calculated to pro mote the welfare of British India, it is chiefly to be attributed to the important materials supplied by these valuable Papers. The Author's labour, in a considerable part of the work, has been little more than selection and arrangement; and, with out such important materials, he should never have presumed to publish upon the different topics discussed in these pages. The necessity of circulating information respecting the state of India, for the purpose of promoting the abolition of the cruelties of heathenism, appears evident. "Shall superstition be suffered to issue her decrees, from year to year, and from age to age, against the lives of poor defenceless and disconsolate widows [and, it may be added, of female infants, pilgrims, and the sick exposed by the Ganges], hundreds of whom are annually sacrificed to its relentless cruelty, and yet no voice be lifted up on their behalf? Then where are human sympathies? and what are natures claims? But no: - humanity can refrain no longer. A cry has at length been raised for the daughters of sorrow on the plains of India. It has reached the British Isle, and reverberated from her shores: it has sounded in the ears of her Legislature: - it is heard in the midst of our city: - it is a loud and bitter cry!" About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with India's Cries to British Humanity: Relative to Infanticide, British Connection With Idolatry, Ghaut Murders, Suttee, Slavery, and Colonization in ... of the State of Society in British India. To get started finding India's Cries to British Humanity: Relative to Infanticide, British Connection With Idolatry, Ghaut Murders, Suttee, Slavery, and Colonization in ... of the State of Society in British India, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from India's Cries to British Humanity: Relative to Infanticide, British Connection With Idolatry, Ghaut Murders, Suttee, Slavery, and Colonization in India; To Which Are Added, Humane Hints for the Melioration of the State of Society in British India Surely a brighter day has dawned on the East. To this edition is added - 'The present state of Infanticide and Slavery in British India.' Upon these subjects but little correct information appears to be possessed. A very general impression prevails that Infanticide is abolished; and a late celebrated writer on India has stated - "No slavery legally exists in the British territories at this moment;" with what surprise will the reader hear, that there are two volumes of Parliamentary Papers on Infanticide, and that a voluminous collection of Papers, of nearly 1,000 folio pages, on Slavery in India, were "ordered to be printed by the Hon. House of Commons, Mar. 12, 1828." - From these valuable documents full and accurate information may be procured. For the Parliamentary Papers on the Burning of Hindoo Widows, Infanticide, the Temple of Juggernaut, and Slavery in India, the Author is under the highest obligation to T. F. Buxton, Esq., M.P., and to W. Smith, Esq., M. P. If this volume contain information of a nature calculated to pro mote the welfare of British India, it is chiefly to be attributed to the important materials supplied by these valuable Papers. The Author's labour, in a considerable part of the work, has been little more than selection and arrangement; and, with out such important materials, he should never have presumed to publish upon the different topics discussed in these pages. The necessity of circulating information respecting the state of India, for the purpose of promoting the abolition of the cruelties of heathenism, appears evident. "Shall superstition be suffered to issue her decrees, from year to year, and from age to age, against the lives of poor defenceless and disconsolate widows [and, it may be added, of female infants, pilgrims, and the sick exposed by the Ganges], hundreds of whom are annually sacrificed to its relentless cruelty, and yet no voice be lifted up on their behalf? Then where are human sympathies? and what are natures claims? But no: - humanity can refrain no longer. A cry has at length been raised for the daughters of sorrow on the plains of India. It has reached the British Isle, and reverberated from her shores: it has sounded in the ears of her Legislature: - it is heard in the midst of our city: - it is a loud and bitter cry!" About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with India's Cries to British Humanity: Relative to Infanticide, British Connection With Idolatry, Ghaut Murders, Suttee, Slavery, and Colonization in ... of the State of Society in British India. To get started finding India's Cries to British Humanity: Relative to Infanticide, British Connection With Idolatry, Ghaut Murders, Suttee, Slavery, and Colonization in ... of the State of Society in British India, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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