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 38
There are more than one hundred rivers in Jamaica , the most considerable of
which are Mina and Cobre ; when it rains heavy those swell to an amazing height
; the ad of October 1780 , when the town of Savana - la - Mar , and the whole ...
There are more than one hundred rivers in Jamaica , the most considerable of
which are Mina and Cobre ; when it rains heavy those swell to an amazing height
; the ad of October 1780 , when the town of Savana - la - Mar , and the whole ...
الصفحة 39
... and plantations , but whole parishes waste , and hurry unprepared into eternity
hundreds of our unhappy brethren of all colours .-- Lord have mercy on their
souls ! These awful and tremendous dispensations of Providence frequently
happen ...
... and plantations , but whole parishes waste , and hurry unprepared into eternity
hundreds of our unhappy brethren of all colours .-- Lord have mercy on their
souls ! These awful and tremendous dispensations of Providence frequently
happen ...
الصفحة 43
The liners having marked the first row , fall back three feet and a half , and line
and mark another row as they did the first , still falling back three feet and a half
each time till they have lined the whole piece ( two smart handy boys or girls are
...
The liners having marked the first row , fall back three feet and a half , and line
and mark another row as they did the first , still falling back three feet and a half
each time till they have lined the whole piece ( two smart handy boys or girls are
...
الصفحة 71
An attorney should see that the work went regularly on in rotation ; that the
ground was holed in proper time and season , and the canes planted accordingly
; he should be a parent to the whole estate , naves , cattle , mules , and other
stock ...
An attorney should see that the work went regularly on in rotation ; that the
ground was holed in proper time and season , and the canes planted accordingly
; he should be a parent to the whole estate , naves , cattle , mules , and other
stock ...
الصفحة 80
... which commonly rages in youth , tempt him to complain to the proprietor or
attorney , though the griev . ance and complaint are just , he may depend , as
sure as he exists , that the whole fraternity of cowskin heroes will be against him ,
and ...
... which commonly rages in youth , tempt him to complain to the proprietor or
attorney , though the griev . ance and complaint are just , he may depend , as
sure as he exists , that the whole fraternity of cowskin heroes will be against him ,
and ...
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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