Nova Scotia Archives
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Documenting the Heritage of African Nova Scotians
Newspaper article "Slavery in the West Indies"
Newspapers from outside of Halifax also covered the Emancipation question. Pictou's Colonial Patriot on 27 August 1833, (Volume VI, Number XXXV) carried a reprint on page 1 from a pamphlet "Three months in Jamaica in 1832, comprising a residence of seven weeks on a sugar plantation" under the title "Slavery in the West Indies".
Date: 27 August 1833
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives The Colonial Patriot, Volume VI, Number XXXV, Pictou, 27 August 1833