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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الصفحة 24
Should you enter into business in the country , when you see an impending
shower , haften to your home , or to some hut , or place of shelter , till it is over ;
and at working hours , when thus obliged to fhun the weather , do not keep
loitering ...
Should you enter into business in the country , when you see an impending
shower , haften to your home , or to some hut , or place of shelter , till it is over ;
and at working hours , when thus obliged to fhun the weather , do not keep
loitering ...
الصفحة 54
... built some distance asunder , so that a man may walk between them , and see
that they are scoured and washed properly each time , and at one view see how
they all ferment ; and it vill be an amusement to him , when they are in a seeming
...
... built some distance asunder , so that a man may walk between them , and see
that they are scoured and washed properly each time , and at one view see how
they all ferment ; and it vill be an amusement to him , when they are in a seeming
...
الصفحة 71
An attorney should see that the work went regularly on in rotation ; that the
ground was holed in proper time and season , and the canes planted accordingly
; he should be a parent to the whole estate , naves , cattle , mules , and other
stock ...
An attorney should see that the work went regularly on in rotation ; that the
ground was holed in proper time and season , and the canes planted accordingly
; he should be a parent to the whole estate , naves , cattle , mules , and other
stock ...
الصفحة 162
When negroes fall into the hands of charitable indulgent masters who reside on
their own eftates ( which feldom happens ) , who will see justice done to them on
all occasions , to prevent their overseers and their remorseless depus ties from ...
When negroes fall into the hands of charitable indulgent masters who reside on
their own eftates ( which feldom happens ) , who will see justice done to them on
all occasions , to prevent their overseers and their remorseless depus ties from ...
الصفحة 173
... or walks about from day - light until noon , exposed to the weather , will relish a
glass of something ftronger than the pure element , and it will see vive M 3 vive
and cherish him when faint and languid ; nor IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS .
... or walks about from day - light until noon , exposed to the weather , will relish a
glass of something ftronger than the pure element , and it will see vive M 3 vive
and cherish him when faint and languid ; nor IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS .
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almoſt alſo amongſt appear attend attorney beſt better book-keepers buſineſs called canes carry cattle cent commonly corn Creole cure dear drink eight eſtate favour feet field firſt five fond four frequently friends gentlemen give ground hands heart hero himſelf horſes houſe human hundred ignorant iſland Jamaica juſtice keep kind known ladies laſt leaſt liquor live manager manner maſter means merchants mind miſs Mongrel morning moſt muſt nature Naves negroes never night obliged obſerve once overſeers pain particularly perſon plantation planting pleaſe poor ſame ſay ſee ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſtock ſuch ſugar taken themſelves theſe thing thoſe thouſand till tion town turn uſe waſhed wenches Weſt Indies whole wine wiſh women woods young yourſelf