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 82
which had 270 Naves upon it , and though it commonly produced 300 hogsheads of sugar when superintended by a former overseer , Sneaking Caution could never make it exceed 130 hogsheads yearly ; yet he was supported by the attorney ...
which had 270 Naves upon it , and though it commonly produced 300 hogsheads of sugar when superintended by a former overseer , Sneaking Caution could never make it exceed 130 hogsheads yearly ; yet he was supported by the attorney ...
الصفحة 83
I think that fix Naves are sufficient to attend two or three men , and rather too many ; he always appointed the stouteft Naves for watchmen , and the nightest occupations , whilst the weak and meagre only cultivated the plantation ...
I think that fix Naves are sufficient to attend two or three men , and rather too many ; he always appointed the stouteft Naves for watchmen , and the nightest occupations , whilst the weak and meagre only cultivated the plantation ...
الصفحة 84
there was commonly fourteen or sixteen run away , and four or five of the very best Naves in pursuit of them . He gave strict orders to the watchmen to hide every Nave which they might find breaking the corn or canes ; i . e . to chop ...
there was commonly fourteen or sixteen run away , and four or five of the very best Naves in pursuit of them . He gave strict orders to the watchmen to hide every Nave which they might find breaking the corn or canes ; i . e . to chop ...
الصفحة 88
... and say that the West Indies would be of no use if severity was not exerted ; and many masters of Naves entertain the same nocion , and have as little pity and regard for them as for their oxen , as ic is their interest to preserve ...
... and say that the West Indies would be of no use if severity was not exerted ; and many masters of Naves entertain the same nocion , and have as little pity and regard for them as for their oxen , as ic is their interest to preserve ...
الصفحة 92
with their master's daughters , and thereby get poffeffion of Naves and cultivated plantations ; and the offspring of those ( scum of prisons ) now flourish . Of late , the British colonies in the West Indies are so over - run with the ...
with their master's daughters , and thereby get poffeffion of Naves and cultivated plantations ; and the offspring of those ( scum of prisons ) now flourish . Of late , the British colonies in the West Indies are so over - run with the ...
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almoſt alſo appear attend attorney beſt better book-keepers buſineſs called canes carry cattle cent commonly corn cowſkin Creole cure drink eight eſtate eyes favour feet field firſt five follows fond four frequently friends gentlemen give ground hands heart hero himſelf houſe human hundred ignorant iſland Jamaica juſtice keep kind known ladies leaſt liquor live manager manner maſter means merchants mind miſs Mongrel morning moſt muſt nature Naves negroes never night obliged obſerve once overſeers pain particularly perſon plantation planting pleaſe poor reſpect ſame ſay ſee ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſoon ſtock ſuch ſugar taken themſelves theſe thing thoſe thouſand till town turn uſe waſhed Weſt Indies whole wine wiſh women woods young yourſelf