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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may think , and say , “ My overseers and drivers will instruct me- they will direct
me , and I will be the cowskin hero ; " in this case he will find himself miserably
inistaken ; for they will secretly laugh at him , and impose upon him to his face ...
may think , and say , “ My overseers and drivers will instruct me- they will direct
me , and I will be the cowskin hero ; " in this case he will find himself miserably
inistaken ; for they will secretly laugh at him , and impose upon him to his face ...
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... two Mhepherds , two swine - herds , two fishermen , one fowler , and one
attending the warren and pidgeons ; here is a list of twenty - four Naves kept from
plantation duty every day in the year , to attend a cowskin hero and his two
deputies ...
... two Mhepherds , two swine - herds , two fishermen , one fowler , and one
attending the warren and pidgeons ; here is a list of twenty - four Naves kept from
plantation duty every day in the year , to attend a cowskin hero and his two
deputies ...
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The fole lowing song is applicable for a cowskin hero . AIR . Irith Hautboy . Tho ' *
he may growl and grumble , The haughly imperious man ; I'll be content and
humble , And I'll please him if I can . Bleft with the charge of an estate , And of a ...
The fole lowing song is applicable for a cowskin hero . AIR . Irith Hautboy . Tho ' *
he may growl and grumble , The haughly imperious man ; I'll be content and
humble , And I'll please him if I can . Bleft with the charge of an estate , And of a ...
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Whether they are fick or well , Or had a long hungry spell ; Every crack shall fairly
tell , Whilft I'm a cowlkin hero ! I plant fields of Indian corn , Ay , and plains of
Guinea grass ; Pamper horses night and morn , And indulge my favourite lafs .
Whether they are fick or well , Or had a long hungry spell ; Every crack shall fairly
tell , Whilft I'm a cowlkin hero ! I plant fields of Indian corn , Ay , and plains of
Guinea grass ; Pamper horses night and morn , And indulge my favourite lafs .
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... because I did not fawn , cringe , and put up with a liccle - minded cowskin
hero's abuses , they did nothing for me at last , The usual salary for a book -
keeper in the country is £ 40 per annum , with board , washing and lodging , the
same as ...
... because I did not fawn , cringe , and put up with a liccle - minded cowskin
hero's abuses , they did nothing for me at last , The usual salary for a book -
keeper in the country is £ 40 per annum , with board , washing and lodging , the
same as ...
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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