After a stay in Jamaica, where he was enthused by the prospect of a shared post-slavery future for the Caribbean islands, British Quaker abolitionist John Candler embarked on a tour of the Greater Antilles by steam ship. He called at Cuba, where he was warned against landing, and finally arrived in Haiti in January 1841. Candler toured Haiti, meeting with its political and religious leaders, distributing religious and pacifist texts, visiting prisons and schools, etc. He finds "common cause" (40) with the Haitians over the issue of slavery, which ensured him a "cordial reception" (41) in the country. Candler gives a positive report of Haiti's economy and post-slavery labour market, despite the detested Rural Code, and the "great and leading grievance" of the debt owed to France (113). In his conclusions he calls for the development of a national educational system and reform of the church and armed forces in Haiti.