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 147
... she who has not brought a proper fizeable bundle gets a few ftripes . When any of them are disappointed in pro- curing their bundle , they commonly abfent themselves to fhun the rod , which is often the cafe in dry weather ...
... she who has not brought a proper fizeable bundle gets a few ftripes . When any of them are disappointed in pro- curing their bundle , they commonly abfent themselves to fhun the rod , which is often the cafe in dry weather ...
الصفحة 151
... she had not been true . But when we deliciously dined , And were stretch'd in the tamarind shade , With anguish it came to my mind . The price for the herrings fhe paid . And my heart - strings were rent in twain , And my breast did ...
... she had not been true . But when we deliciously dined , And were stretch'd in the tamarind shade , With anguish it came to my mind . The price for the herrings fhe paid . And my heart - strings were rent in twain , And my breast did ...
الصفحة 152
... She faid , " I did give him a- 99 [ The reft of the Paftoral was torn . ] The women , when pregnant , work in the fields . till a few days before they lie - in ; ( for work , if moderate , is ferviceable to child - bearing women ) after ...
... She faid , " I did give him a- 99 [ The reft of the Paftoral was torn . ] The women , when pregnant , work in the fields . till a few days before they lie - in ; ( for work , if moderate , is ferviceable to child - bearing women ) after ...
الصفحة 155
... she had a husband , him alfo . Notwithstanding all their hardships , they are fond of plays and merriment ; and if not pre- vented by whites , according to a law of the island , they will meet on Saturday - nights , hun- dreds of them ...
... she had a husband , him alfo . Notwithstanding all their hardships , they are fond of plays and merriment ; and if not pre- vented by whites , according to a law of the island , they will meet on Saturday - nights , hun- dreds of them ...
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