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" The West Indies : "
Edward Bean Underhill.
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BL
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680605
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b502794
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| Main Entry
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Underhill, Edward Bean,1813-1901
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The West Indies : : Their Social and Religious Condition /\ Edward Bean Underhill.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge :: Cambridge University Press.
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Place of publication not identified :: publisher not identified,, 1862.
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| Series Statement
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Cambridge library collection. Religion.
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1 online resource (512 pages) :: digital, PDF file(s)
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| ISBN
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9780511706905 (ebook)
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
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| Abstract
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In this book, first published in 1862, Edward Bean Underhill gives an engaging account of a journey to the West Indies on behalf of the Baptist Missionary Society. He visited Baptist churches in Trinidad, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba and the Bahamas in order to evaluate the religious state of the many congregations that were established there after the Emancipation Act. Underhill emphasizes that the religious and social consequences of the Emancipation for the people of the West Indies cannot be viewed independently of one another. He finds that the islands, on their own terms, have made the best possible use of the freedom obtained. Underhill gives an elaborate and vivid description of his impression of the islands, but his main focus is on Jamaica, which he finds has benefited most of all.
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West Indies, Religion.
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West Indies, Social conditions.
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West Indies, British, Religion.
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West Indies, British, Social conditions.
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