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 66
... leaft they impofe that which was ftolen , or bafe metal upon you ; and take care how you deal in their stores , for they delight in extortion ; and beware of impofitions at vendues , for one or more of them commonly attend to forestall ...
... leaft they impofe that which was ftolen , or bafe metal upon you ; and take care how you deal in their stores , for they delight in extortion ; and beware of impofitions at vendues , for one or more of them commonly attend to forestall ...
الصفحة 70
... , he fhould vifit the plantation frequently , pry into every hole and corner of it , and furprize the ma- nager when he leaft expected his coming , to fee how how he paffed the time , and cultivated the eftate 70 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... , he fhould vifit the plantation frequently , pry into every hole and corner of it , and furprize the ma- nager when he leaft expected his coming , to fee how how he paffed the time , and cultivated the eftate 70 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
الصفحة 82
... leaft they 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 , diftorted ...
... leaft they 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 , diftorted ...
الصفحة 86
... leaft he fhould be tempted to act difhonestly . I knew many overfeers who accumulated very rapidly large properties by retailing rum and ftock for the ufe of the proprietors , and yet to fupport tolerable good characters , because their ...
... leaft he fhould be tempted to act difhonestly . I knew many overfeers who accumulated very rapidly large properties by retailing rum and ftock for the ufe of the proprietors , and yet to fupport tolerable good characters , because their ...
الصفحة 89
... leaft fomething is neglected , or he may be furprized by the attorney . And if men , whofe bread depend on planter- ship , enter into the connubial bond , it will injure them , because it is not pleafing to gentlemen to have families on ...
... leaft fomething is neglected , or he may be furprized by the attorney . And if men , whofe bread depend on planter- ship , enter into the connubial bond , it will injure them , because it is not pleafing to gentlemen to have families on ...
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