Speaking before a Select Committee of the House of Commons in 1790, Thomas Woolrich, who had lived in Tortola, testified that the treatment of slaves was much worse in 1773 than it had been when he arrived, in 1753.
Thomas Woolrich shared his observations with a committee in the House of Commons in 1790, highlighting the deterioration of slave treatment from 1753 to 1773 during his time on Tortola.