West India Customs and Manners: Containing Strictures on the Soil, Cultivation, Produce, Trade, Officers, and Inhabitants: with the Method of Establishing, and Conducting a Sugar Plantation. To which is Added, the Practice of Training New Slaves. By J. B. Moreton, Esq. A New EditionJ. Parsons; W. Richardson; H. Gardner; and J. Walter, 1793 - 192 من الصفحات |
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... parishes , trees and shrubs of various kinds , wear- ing perpetual verdure , veil all the mountains and craggy rocks , save only fome small spots here and there , which are cleared for guinea grafs , corn , and other provisions ; the ...
... parishes , trees and shrubs of various kinds , wear- ing perpetual verdure , veil all the mountains and craggy rocks , save only fome small spots here and there , which are cleared for guinea grafs , corn , and other provisions ; the ...
الصفحة 39
... parishes waste , and hurry unprepared into eter- nity hundreds of our unhappy brethren of all colours . Lord have mercy on their fouls ! These awful and tremendous dispensations of Providence frequently happen , not only in Jamaica ...
... parishes waste , and hurry unprepared into eter- nity hundreds of our unhappy brethren of all colours . Lord have mercy on their fouls ! These awful and tremendous dispensations of Providence frequently happen , not only in Jamaica ...
الصفحة 60
... parish of St. Ann's , where many of the proprietors reside , and live content and happy . I shall con- clude this subject , and proceed to the natives ; and though I may be severe in the following pages against many , be assured , I ...
... parish of St. Ann's , where many of the proprietors reside , and live content and happy . I shall con- clude this subject , and proceed to the natives ; and though I may be severe in the following pages against many , be assured , I ...
الصفحة 62
... parish ; the gate being locked , I knocked several times ; but how great was my furprize when a musket ball came whistling by my ears ; a negroe came running to me , and faid , " Massa will shoot you ' tone dead if you no go avey ...
... parish ; the gate being locked , I knocked several times ; but how great was my furprize when a musket ball came whistling by my ears ; a negroe came running to me , and faid , " Massa will shoot you ' tone dead if you no go avey ...
الصفحة 63
... parish there is a deputy provost marshal , each of whom make pretty livings : I suppose the place of the marshal of Kingstown is worth from two to three thousand pounds yearly . It is something surprising to think what fre- quent ...
... parish there is a deputy provost marshal , each of whom make pretty livings : I suppose the place of the marshal of Kingstown is worth from two to three thousand pounds yearly . It is something surprising to think what fre- quent ...
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