The Real Bearings Of The West India Question: As Expounded By The Most Intelligent And Independent Free-Trader Of The Day (1848) is a book written by Matthew James Higgins. The book explores the West India Question, which was a debate in the 19th century about the abolition of slavery and the economic impact it would have on the British West Indies. Higgins, who was a prominent free-trader, presents his views on the issue and argues that the abolition...