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 78
... ously spend their few days and nights in diffipa- tions dear delightful downy lap , whilft African manners and cuftoms are native and congenial to their hearts ! I should I should have obferved to you before , that he 78 MANNERS AND ...
... ously spend their few days and nights in diffipa- tions dear delightful downy lap , whilft African manners and cuftoms are native and congenial to their hearts ! I should I should have obferved to you before , that he 78 MANNERS AND ...
الصفحة 79
J. B. Moreton. I should have obferved to you before , that he who is chief in the fuperintendency of a planta- tion in Jamaica , is called an Overfeer ; and in the Windward Islands , a Manager ; and the Overfeer's Deputies are called ...
J. B. Moreton. I should have obferved to you before , that he who is chief in the fuperintendency of a planta- tion in Jamaica , is called an Overfeer ; and in the Windward Islands , a Manager ; and the Overfeer's Deputies are called ...
الصفحة 80
... should be active and induftrious , of a steady , fober dif- pofition , humane and charitable , fhrewd and difcerning in all his remarks and tranfactions amongst the flaves , as to their difpofitions , health , ftrength , food and ...
... should be active and induftrious , of a steady , fober dif- pofition , humane and charitable , fhrewd and difcerning in all his remarks and tranfactions amongst the flaves , as to their difpofitions , health , ftrength , food and ...
الصفحة 82
... should fup- plant him or get preferred ; but when he chanced to meet an infignificant puppy like himself , they agreed well together . As Dryden says , His hair and beard are of a diff'rent dye ; Lame of one leg , distorted in one eye ...
... should fup- plant him or get preferred ; but when he chanced to meet an infignificant puppy like himself , they agreed well together . As Dryden says , His hair and beard are of a diff'rent dye ; Lame of one leg , distorted in one eye ...
الصفحة 85
... in difgrace ! I am forry to say that there are too many Sneaking - Cautions , and Little Confequences , in Jamaica , and all over the Weft Indies . An An overseer should be allowed a generous · fa . IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS . εξ.
... in difgrace ! I am forry to say that there are too many Sneaking - Cautions , and Little Confequences , in Jamaica , and all over the Weft Indies . An An overseer should be allowed a generous · fa . IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS . εξ.
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