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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On your arrival at Port - Royal , the negroes in small canoes , or bom - boats ,
coming along side the ship with coffee , fruit , and vegetables , will attract your
attention ; but when you get up to Kingstown , if you had five more senses , they
would ...
On your arrival at Port - Royal , the negroes in small canoes , or bom - boats ,
coming along side the ship with coffee , fruit , and vegetables , will attract your
attention ; but when you get up to Kingstown , if you had five more senses , they
would ...
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... for which he makes a separate charge , so that he commonly gets about one
hundred , or one hundred and fifty pounds for the attendance of the negroes and
and whites on each plantation yearly , and all that for about thirty shillings worth
of ...
... for which he makes a separate charge , so that he commonly gets about one
hundred , or one hundred and fifty pounds for the attendance of the negroes and
and whites on each plantation yearly , and all that for about thirty shillings worth
of ...
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feet and a half square , and if the ground is not too dry and hard , forty negroes
will dig an acre . in a day ; the usual price paid for holing an acre , by those who
are obliged , for want of fufficient strength of their own , to hire jobbinggangs , is
six ...
feet and a half square , and if the ground is not too dry and hard , forty negroes
will dig an acre . in a day ; the usual price paid for holing an acre , by those who
are obliged , for want of fufficient strength of their own , to hire jobbinggangs , is
six ...
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are totally ignorant of instructing their overseers or negroes in so interesting a
branch . The heads of the stills should be well luted ; for negroes are often
negligent , and great part of the spirits may evaporate ; the worms too should be
kept as ...
are totally ignorant of instructing their overseers or negroes in so interesting a
branch . The heads of the stills should be well luted ; for negroes are often
negligent , and great part of the spirits may evaporate ; the worms too should be
kept as ...
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... there are several other great gentlemen of this description in the island , who
have their eftates well fenced round ; the managers , and overseers , with some
trusty negroes , keep a constant look out , the gates are always locked , so that no
...
... there are several other great gentlemen of this description in the island , who
have their eftates well fenced round ; the managers , and overseers , with some
trusty negroes , keep a constant look out , the gates are always locked , so that no
...
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