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 33
... these are subdivided into twenty parishes , trees and shrubs of various kinds ,
wearing perpetual verdure , ' veil all the mountains and craggy rocks , save only
some small spots here and there , which are cleared for guinea grass , corn ...
... these are subdivided into twenty parishes , trees and shrubs of various kinds ,
wearing perpetual verdure , ' veil all the mountains and craggy rocks , save only
some small spots here and there , which are cleared for guinea grass , corn ...
الصفحة 84
He gave ftrict orders to the watchmen to hide every Nave which they might find
breaking the corn or canes ; i . e . to chop and murder them , and bury them
fecretly ; and when the skeleton of a Nave , who had been “ done over " in this
manner ...
He gave ftrict orders to the watchmen to hide every Nave which they might find
breaking the corn or canes ; i . e . to chop and murder them , and bury them
fecretly ; and when the skeleton of a Nave , who had been “ done over " in this
manner ...
الصفحة 86
... and yet to support tolerable good characters , because their villainy was not
detected . I must not omit to mention a very wrong practice of overseers , most
injurious to proprietors in general ; that is , planting Indian corn , or peas ,
amongst the ...
... and yet to support tolerable good characters , because their villainy was not
detected . I must not omit to mention a very wrong practice of overseers , most
injurious to proprietors in general ; that is , planting Indian corn , or peas ,
amongst the ...
الصفحة 87
them up of his estate to a cabbage - headed gentleman in Kingstown : On his
return , finding Indian corn flourishing through the canes ( for corn has a luxurious
stalk , and has the advantage of canes in quick vegitation ) the corn was freed
from ...
them up of his estate to a cabbage - headed gentleman in Kingstown : On his
return , finding Indian corn flourishing through the canes ( for corn has a luxurious
stalk , and has the advantage of canes in quick vegitation ) the corn was freed
from ...
الصفحة 94
The first charge a book - keeper gets is that of the sheep , goats , swine , and
poultry ( called the small stock ) with the keys of the corn , and other stores ; he
must be very particular in getting up early every morning to hasten to the field to
call ...
The first charge a book - keeper gets is that of the sheep , goats , swine , and
poultry ( called the small stock ) with the keys of the corn , and other stores ; he
must be very particular in getting up early every morning to hasten to the field to
call ...
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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