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
There are about forty towns and villages , amongst which none are worthy of note
but Kingston , Saint Jago de la Vega , vulgarly called Spanish Town , Port Royal ,
and Montego Bay , the rest hardly deserve the name of villages , only small ...
There are about forty towns and villages , amongst which none are worthy of note
but Kingston , Saint Jago de la Vega , vulgarly called Spanish Town , Port Royal ,
and Montego Bay , the rest hardly deserve the name of villages , only small ...
الصفحة 34
In the morning early it is pleasant to take a walk to Putney Lodge , which lies at
the east end of the town ; but it is dangerous to bathe in the fea , as many young
men do , as there have been feveral several instances of people being devoured
...
In the morning early it is pleasant to take a walk to Putney Lodge , which lies at
the east end of the town ; but it is dangerous to bathe in the fea , as many young
men do , as there have been feveral several instances of people being devoured
...
الصفحة 36
Every one of those grog shop keepers keep a horse and kitterine , that is , a one
horse chaise , and on sundays drive about the town and country , like ladies and
gentlemen , superbly decorated in fineries , the spoils of war , plundered from ...
Every one of those grog shop keepers keep a horse and kitterine , that is , a one
horse chaise , and on sundays drive about the town and country , like ladies and
gentlemen , superbly decorated in fineries , the spoils of war , plundered from ...
الصفحة 37
and where che assemblies are held , stands in the middle of the town , is an
elegant building ; opposite to which there is a pretty little square parade , railed
round , where the guards are relieved every morning ; on the other side of the
parade ...
and where che assemblies are held , stands in the middle of the town , is an
elegant building ; opposite to which there is a pretty little square parade , railed
round , where the guards are relieved every morning ; on the other side of the
parade ...
الصفحة 39
... up the largest trees by the roots , level the strongest stores and houses to the
ground , and leave not only towns and plantations , but whole parishes waste ,
and hurry unprepared into eternity hundreds of our unhappy brethren of all
colours .
... up the largest trees by the roots , level the strongest stores and houses to the
ground , and leave not only towns and plantations , but whole parishes waste ,
and hurry unprepared into eternity hundreds of our unhappy brethren of all
colours .
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| العنوان | 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 Eighteenth century 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, J. B. Moreton |
| المؤلف | J. B. Moreton |
| الناشر | J. Parsons; W. Richardson; H. Gardner; and J. Walter, 1793 |
| أصلي من | جامعة أوكسفورد |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 8 أيار (مايو) 2009 |
| عدد الصفحات | 192 من الصفحات |
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