John Bigelow (1817-1911) was an editor at the New York Evening Post and an organizer of the Free-Soil party. Robert J. Scholnick is a professor of English and American studies at the College of William and Mary. He is the author of books including Edmund Clarence Stedman.

"Very few books have the scope of Jamaica in 1850. . . . To support his conclusion that slavery had blinded the planters to the economic inefficiencies of the plantation system, Bigelow used graphic descriptions, sound economic arguments, and persuasive logic."--Journal of African American History "Jamaica in 1850 is easy to read, absorbing and most enlightening. . . . [and] considered a brilliant expression of [Bigelow's] commitment to freedom, democracy and racial equality."--Sunday Gleaner "An insightful firsthand account of postslavery Jamaica in 1850."--New West Indian Guide

John Bigelow (1817-1911) was an editor at the New York Evening Post and an organizer of the Free-Soil party. Robert J. Scholnick is a professor of English and American studies at the College of William and Mary. He is the author of books including Edmund Clarence Stedman.

"Very few books have the scope of Jamaica in 1850. . . . To support his conclusion that slavery had blinded the planters to the economic inefficiencies of the plantation system, Bigelow used graphic descriptions, sound economic arguments, and persuasive logic."--Journal of African American History "Jamaica in 1850 is easy to read, absorbing and most enlightening. . . . [and] considered a brilliant expression of [Bigelow's] commitment to freedom, democracy and racial equality."--Sunday Gleaner "An insightful firsthand account of postslavery Jamaica in 1850."--New West Indian Guide

John Bigelow (1817-1911) was an editor at the New York Evening Post and an organizer of the Free-Soil party. Robert J. Scholnick is a professor of English and American studies at the College of William and Mary. He is the author of books including Edmund Clarence Stedman.

"Very few books have the scope of Jamaica in 1850. . . . To support his conclusion that slavery had blinded the planters to the economic inefficiencies of the plantation system, Bigelow used graphic descriptions, sound economic arguments, and persuasive logic."--Journal of African American History "Jamaica in 1850 is easy to read, absorbing and most enlightening. . . . [and] considered a brilliant expression of [Bigelow's] commitment to freedom, democracy and racial equality."--Sunday Gleaner "An insightful firsthand account of postslavery Jamaica in 1850."--New West Indian Guide