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 23
There are many task - masters , or employers , who care not how much young men expose themselves to the weather , but such are cruel , uncharitable brutes puffed up with ignorance and empty pride , who forget their own origin , and the ...
There are many task - masters , or employers , who care not how much young men expose themselves to the weather , but such are cruel , uncharitable brutes puffed up with ignorance and empty pride , who forget their own origin , and the ...
الصفحة 62
Having a letter of introduction to his master , I was shortly after received very politely ; he made several apologies for his rashness ; that he took me to be a marthal , & c . & c . He had an elegant hvuse , and a 1 fine parcel of ...
Having a letter of introduction to his master , I was shortly after received very politely ; he made several apologies for his rashness ; that he took me to be a marthal , & c . & c . He had an elegant hvuse , and a 1 fine parcel of ...
الصفحة 67
... moft noble and clever ) ; Likewise Mr. Randum , a foolish young man , Monsieur Faw , a brave count , but meagre and wan ; Mrs. Abraham's , a lady who seem'd very sick , And her hopeful sweet offspring , master Allick .
... moft noble and clever ) ; Likewise Mr. Randum , a foolish young man , Monsieur Faw , a brave count , but meagre and wan ; Mrs. Abraham's , a lady who seem'd very sick , And her hopeful sweet offspring , master Allick .
الصفحة 73
He then clandestinelyinvites all the run - aways to return , and that they shall be fore given by their new master ; by which servile stratagem he gets an addition of so many Naves to his property An ...
He then clandestinelyinvites all the run - aways to return , and that they shall be fore given by their new master ; by which servile stratagem he gets an addition of so many Naves to his property An ...
الصفحة 74
As attornies have the shipments of all the produce , they are courted by the inerchants and masters of vessels to freight their hips and give them quick dispatch ; they get valuable presents . The following is the nature of a letter ...
As attornies have the shipments of all the produce , they are courted by the inerchants and masters of vessels to freight their hips and give them quick dispatch ; they get valuable presents . The following is the nature of a letter ...
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