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 EditionJ. Parsons; W. Richardson; H. Gardner; and J. Walter, 1793 - 192 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 14
... thofe who receive life fhould give life to others . I was hurt very much whenever I faw any of their bald - pated hypocritical guardians , called fryars : thofe artful dogs are numerous , and frequently parade the ftreets in proceffion ...
... thofe who receive life fhould give life to others . I was hurt very much whenever I faw any of their bald - pated hypocritical guardians , called fryars : thofe artful dogs are numerous , and frequently parade the ftreets in proceffion ...
الصفحة 35
... thofe dens of infamy they riot away their days and nights , drinking new rum , grog , punch , or four porter , fo that they are deprived of their fenfes , and kept in a perpetual state of intoxication ' till they fpend all their prize ...
... thofe dens of infamy they riot away their days and nights , drinking new rum , grog , punch , or four porter , fo that they are deprived of their fenfes , and kept in a perpetual state of intoxication ' till they fpend all their prize ...
الصفحة 36
... thofe grog fhop keepers keep a horfe and kitterine , that is , a one horfe chaife , and on fundays drive about the town and country , like ladies and gentlemen , fuperbly decorated in fineries ; the fpoils of war , plundered from infa ...
... thofe grog fhop keepers keep a horfe and kitterine , that is , a one horfe chaife , and on fundays drive about the town and country , like ladies and gentlemen , fuperbly decorated in fineries ; the fpoils of war , plundered from infa ...
الصفحة 44
... thofe penns is often injurious to the feet and limbs of the cattle , and give them distempers of which many die . The fmall weakly gang of negroes carry the dung on boards or baskets on their heads , and fpread it thinly in the holes ...
... thofe penns is often injurious to the feet and limbs of the cattle , and give them distempers of which many die . The fmall weakly gang of negroes carry the dung on boards or baskets on their heads , and fpread it thinly in the holes ...
الصفحة 45
... thofe blades wither and become burthenfome to the ftalk , fo that they are obliged to be taken off , and this is called trashing . When the canes are ripe , it is known by the richness of their juice , or by cutting fome of them with a ...
... thofe blades wither and become burthenfome to the ftalk , fo that they are obliged to be taken off , and this is called trashing . When the canes are ripe , it is known by the richness of their juice , or by cutting fome of them with a ...
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