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 56
... Jamaica rum is reputed the beft that is made in the Weft - Indies , because it is the ftrongeft , and commonly finks a bubble of twenty - four ; the rum in all the other British islands might be made equal to that of Jamaica , but it is ...
... Jamaica rum is reputed the beft that is made in the Weft - Indies , because it is the ftrongeft , and commonly finks a bubble of twenty - four ; the rum in all the other British islands might be made equal to that of Jamaica , but it is ...
الصفحة 69
... Jamaica I shortly will go ; Where I'll meet a rich friend , Alexander Lindo . My compliments to my fweet coufins and nieces ; I am yours and their fervant , David Courtieces . Executors , administrators , and attornies to eftates ...
... Jamaica I shortly will go ; Where I'll meet a rich friend , Alexander Lindo . My compliments to my fweet coufins and nieces ; I am yours and their fervant , David Courtieces . Executors , administrators , and attornies to eftates ...
الصفحة 72
... Jamaica , fuch as Sheckle , Beckford , Winde , & c . though originally indented fervants , who could not boast of families or connections , who acted with ftrict integrity , and kept the cowfkin herd of managers under them attentive ...
... Jamaica , fuch as Sheckle , Beckford , Winde , & c . though originally indented fervants , who could not boast of families or connections , who acted with ftrict integrity , and kept the cowfkin herd of managers under them attentive ...
الصفحة 73
... Jamaica charges five per cent . commiffion on the net proceeds of the shipments from every plantation which he has the care of ; and this , though very high , is but a small part of an attorney's emoluments . He is invefted with full ...
... Jamaica charges five per cent . commiffion on the net proceeds of the shipments from every plantation which he has the care of ; and this , though very high , is but a small part of an attorney's emoluments . He is invefted with full ...
الصفحة 79
... Jamaica , is called an Overfeer ; and in the Windward Islands , a Manager ; and the Overfeer's Deputies are called Book - keepers ; and in the Windward Islands Overfeer's or Negro- Drivers ; however , when I have occasion to speak of ...
... Jamaica , is called an Overfeer ; and in the Windward Islands , a Manager ; and the Overfeer's Deputies are called Book - keepers ; and in the Windward Islands Overfeer's or Negro- Drivers ; however , when I have occasion to speak of ...
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