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 137
... fometimes happen when an odd one of the latter gets aftray in the woods , that fhe may be overpowered and debauched by thofe fatyrs ; but I am well con- vinced from good authority , and my own know- ledge of the black fex , that they ...
... fometimes happen when an odd one of the latter gets aftray in the woods , that fhe may be overpowered and debauched by thofe fatyrs ; but I am well con- vinced from good authority , and my own know- ledge of the black fex , that they ...
الصفحة 147
... many fine flaves ; and often too , when moft needed ; nay , and fometimes loose them all together ; for being expofed to the heavy rains rains and hunger , fubjects them to lock - jaws IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS . 147.
... many fine flaves ; and often too , when moft needed ; nay , and fometimes loose them all together ; for being expofed to the heavy rains rains and hunger , fubjects them to lock - jaws IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS . 147.
الصفحة 148
... fometimes but not frequently happens , that thofe unhappy wretches , in a ftate of ftarvation , grow defperate at ... fometime after , when he was at work , the Overfeer came to mortify him , faying , " You black fcoundrel , I'll cut ...
... fometimes but not frequently happens , that thofe unhappy wretches , in a ftate of ftarvation , grow defperate at ... fometime after , when he was at work , the Overfeer came to mortify him , faying , " You black fcoundrel , I'll cut ...
الصفحة 155
... fometimes they continue their balls without intermiffion till Monday morning . I have often gone , out of curiofity , to fuch meetings , and was highly diverted : their mufic is composed of any thing that makes a tinkling found ; a ...
... fometimes they continue their balls without intermiffion till Monday morning . I have often gone , out of curiofity , to fuch meetings , and was highly diverted : their mufic is composed of any thing that makes a tinkling found ; a ...
الصفحة 157
... fometimes imagined they were on fprings or hinges , from the hips downwards ; whoever is most active and expert at wriggling , is reputed the best dancer . You will find amongst them many beautiful young creatures ; fo that you cannot ...
... fometimes imagined they were on fprings or hinges , from the hips downwards ; whoever is most active and expert at wriggling , is reputed the best dancer . You will find amongst them many beautiful young creatures ; fo that you cannot ...
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