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 80
... his remarks and transactions amongst the Naves , as to their dispositions , health , strength , food and raiment ; he should not only be a quack in physic , but should have fome knowledge of every trade which concerns a plantation ,.
... his remarks and transactions amongst the Naves , as to their dispositions , health , strength , food and raiment ; he should not only be a quack in physic , but should have fome knowledge of every trade which concerns a plantation ,.
الصفحة 86
I must not omit to mention a very wrong practice of overseers , most injurious to proprietors in general ; that is , planting Indian corn , or peas , amongst the canes ; it is very evident to the meaneft capacity , that the richest soil ...
I must not omit to mention a very wrong practice of overseers , most injurious to proprietors in general ; that is , planting Indian corn , or peas , amongst the canes ; it is very evident to the meaneft capacity , that the richest soil ...
الصفحة 89
... an angel amongst naked rude blacks , and attract her husband to squander that time which should be devoted to plantation duty in a more delightful manner ; so that barchelors fare best , on which account they keep black or mongrel ...
... an angel amongst naked rude blacks , and attract her husband to squander that time which should be devoted to plantation duty in a more delightful manner ; so that barchelors fare best , on which account they keep black or mongrel ...
الصفحة 95
... a diftemper very distructive amongst them , they should be rubbed every morning , when they have this infection , with roast limes and brine . It is also necessary to examine the sheep , goats , and swine every morning , least they ...
... a diftemper very distructive amongst them , they should be rubbed every morning , when they have this infection , with roast limes and brine . It is also necessary to examine the sheep , goats , and swine every morning , least they ...
الصفحة 111
never go to church ; and though taught a smattering of reading and writing , are obligated to negroe and mungrel wenches for the principal part of their education , amongst whom they see nothing from their infancy but jilting ...
never go to church ; and though taught a smattering of reading and writing , are obligated to negroe and mungrel wenches for the principal part of their education , amongst whom they see nothing from their infancy but jilting ...
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almoſt alſo amongſt appear attend attorney beſt better blood book-keepers buſineſs called canes carry cattle cent commonly corn Creole cure dear drink eight eſtate favour feet field firſt five fond four frequently friends gentlemen give ground hands heart hero himſelf horſes houſe human hundred ignorant iſland Jamaica juſtice keep kind known ladies laſt 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 ſame ſay ſee ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſtock ſuch ſugar taken themſelves theſe thing thoſe thouſand till tion town turn uſe waſhed Weſt Indies whole wine wiſh women woods young yourſelf