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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... says , " a single life is better " . If so , they are fadly deceived , for the fense of that cafe is plain from many other parts of the gofpel B 3 : ! gospel , and is to the following purport IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS . 13.
... says , " a single life is better " . If so , they are fadly deceived , for the fense of that cafe is plain from many other parts of the gofpel B 3 : ! gospel , and is to the following purport IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS . 13.
الصفحة 27
... say in their acts of parlia- ment ) that there is no bleeding at the nose ; tea , penada , fagoe , jellies , fruit , with clear and plea C2 fant fant air , polite chearful company , music , riding IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS . 27.
... say in their acts of parlia- ment ) that there is no bleeding at the nose ; tea , penada , fagoe , jellies , fruit , with clear and plea C2 fant fant air , polite chearful company , music , riding IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS . 27.
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... say , when all these , and many other matters , are not con- sidered of and prepared in time , if the canes are ripe , and dry weather ensues , they will turn red , or ( as they say ) get burnt ; after which , though they must be cut to ...
... say , when all these , and many other matters , are not con- sidered of and prepared in time , if the canes are ripe , and dry weather ensues , they will turn red , or ( as they say ) get burnt ; after which , though they must be cut to ...
الصفحة 57
... say 8,00l .: supposing the plantation and penn to contain three hundred acres , at 301. per acre , ( which is very cheap , ) they will amount to 9,0001 . more ; all which sums amount to 26,0001 . at the lowest computation ; ( indeed ...
... say 8,00l .: supposing the plantation and penn to contain three hundred acres , at 301. per acre , ( which is very cheap , ) they will amount to 9,0001 . more ; all which sums amount to 26,0001 . at the lowest computation ; ( indeed ...
الصفحة 58
... say , there is very little difficuty in getting possession of an estate , but a great deal to keep it . I shall next prove clearly , that a grass - penn , or farm , is a better property , and is attended with less trouble and expence ...
... say , there is very little difficuty in getting possession of an estate , but a great deal to keep it . I shall next prove clearly , that a grass - penn , or farm , is a better property , and is attended with less trouble and expence ...
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