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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... cost not much , Tho ' all his skill is a mere bubble , He lives luxurious and gets rich , And kills and cures with little trouble . The following odd relation concerning myself , will convince you further of the nature of quacks : When ...
... cost not much , Tho ' all his skill is a mere bubble , He lives luxurious and gets rich , And kills and cures with little trouble . The following odd relation concerning myself , will convince you further of the nature of quacks : When ...
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... costs him any thing for board , washing and lodging , corn , or grafs . The common charge for each negroe , whether they are fick or well , is five shillings yearly , besides the benefit of venereals , for which he makes a separate ...
... costs him any thing for board , washing and lodging , corn , or grafs . The common charge for each negroe , whether they are fick or well , is five shillings yearly , besides the benefit of venereals , for which he makes a separate ...
الصفحة 51
... cost such vast labour and expence , go through hands in threeorfour months ; and good or bad management then may affect the proprietor very much . When I was one of the humble fraternity of book - keepers , or , as they are called in ...
... cost such vast labour and expence , go through hands in threeorfour months ; and good or bad management then may affect the proprietor very much . When I was one of the humble fraternity of book - keepers , or , as they are called in ...
الصفحة 57
... cost about 8,000l ; one hundred and forty laves will cost about 60001 . more ; and if there is not the convenience of water to the mill , and the plantation is far from the shipping - place , there will be forty good mules , and about ...
... cost about 8,000l ; one hundred and forty laves will cost about 60001 . more ; and if there is not the convenience of water to the mill , and the plantation is far from the shipping - place , there will be forty good mules , and about ...
الصفحة 59
... cost 25001l . all which added , is 98201 .; but supposing the whole to cost 12,000l . which is not half the price of a fugar plantation , the interest of which is 9601. A colt will fell for 30 , 40 , 50 , or 601. an ox for 201. a fat ...
... cost 25001l . all which added , is 98201 .; but supposing the whole to cost 12,000l . which is not half the price of a fugar plantation , the interest of which is 9601. A colt will fell for 30 , 40 , 50 , or 601. an ox for 201. a fat ...
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