| Description | Letter written by George Skene to Charles Gordon. Requests Gordon’s opnion on the ‘Slave Business’, although he thinks abolition is out of the question. Discussed method of conducting the trade with the natives, of transporting them to West Indies, and how proprietors’ power might be checked without danger to avoid unnecessary oppression by a bad owner or surly overseer. Conditions of transportation are to be improved in forthcoming Bill. Skene is trying to persuade Irvine to return to Scotland. Comments on his state of health. Writer will return home in the company of Charles Bannerman when parliament rises. |