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 Edition |
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... paffed that way before ; and though they are not fond of rum or brandy , yet they are fond to fee ftrong liquors given in generous portions to the failors ; and when they meet with griping lowlife paffengers , woe betide them !
... paffed that way before ; and though they are not fond of rum or brandy , yet they are fond to fee ftrong liquors given in generous portions to the failors ; and when they meet with griping lowlife paffengers , woe betide them !
الصفحة 48
In the boiling - house there are four or five coppers of different fizes fet clofe together , about eighteen inches from the floor ; the largest of which is called the grand copper , and the first that is filled with liquor ; as foon as ...
In the boiling - house there are four or five coppers of different fizes fet clofe together , about eighteen inches from the floor ; the largest of which is called the grand copper , and the first that is filled with liquor ; as foon as ...
الصفحة 49
to the third copper , and the grand copper filled again ; in the fourth copper , called a tach , the liquor is boiled into a thick fyrrup , and by turning up the ladle , and observing the white grain on the bottom thereof , the boilers ...
to the third copper , and the grand copper filled again ; in the fourth copper , called a tach , the liquor is boiled into a thick fyrrup , and by turning up the ladle , and observing the white grain on the bottom thereof , the boilers ...
الصفحة 52
... how cheerfully the negroes begin and go through with it ; how , inftead of getting weak and meagre , like the cattle and mules , they like rats fatten upon the canes , and flops of liquor , and fyrrup , they get about the works .
... how cheerfully the negroes begin and go through with it ; how , inftead of getting weak and meagre , like the cattle and mules , they like rats fatten upon the canes , and flops of liquor , and fyrrup , they get about the works .
الصفحة 53
in that of good strong fermented liquor , and that of bad ; five gallons of fkimmings is fuppofed to be equal to one gallon of molaffes ; I always found that fourteen gallons of fweets in every hundred gallons of the mixture yielded the ...
in that of good strong fermented liquor , and that of bad ; five gallons of fkimmings is fuppofed to be equal to one gallon of molaffes ; I always found that fourteen gallons of fweets in every hundred gallons of the mixture yielded the ...
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| العنوان | 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 Edition Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery |
| المؤلف | J. B. Moreton |
| الناشر | J. Parsons; W. Richardson; H. Gardner; and J. Walter, 1793 |
| أصلي من | المكتبة البريطانية |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 21 تشرين الأول (أكتوبر) 2013 |
| عدد الصفحات | 192 من الصفحات |
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