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 121
... mafter ; he would know the value of a truly virtuous woman better than the bashful youth who never went aftray . " Who can find a vir- tuous woman ? For her price is far above rubies . " Do not imagine from what I have faid , that every ...
... mafter ; he would know the value of a truly virtuous woman better than the bashful youth who never went aftray . " Who can find a vir- tuous woman ? For her price is far above rubies . " Do not imagine from what I have faid , that every ...
الصفحة 143
... mafter or owner of a flave gives more than thirty - nine ftripes at one time to his flave , he is liable to be indicted before the justices of the peace in their feffions , and upon conviction to forfeit a final penalty , this but very ...
... mafter or owner of a flave gives more than thirty - nine ftripes at one time to his flave , he is liable to be indicted before the justices of the peace in their feffions , and upon conviction to forfeit a final penalty , this but very ...
الصفحة 144
... mafter : - there was a fimilar law at Rome , fo that flaves in thofe places had fome protection ; but how is it in the Weft Indies ? There their lives and pro- perties are in the hands of their owners , nor can a flave do any thing ...
... mafter : - there was a fimilar law at Rome , fo that flaves in thofe places had fome protection ; but how is it in the Weft Indies ? There their lives and pro- perties are in the hands of their owners , nor can a flave do any thing ...
الصفحة 145
... mafter , mate and doctor , ( for every fhip has a quack on board ) ufe every art to fet them off to the best advantage ; the grey hairs and beards of the old men and women are cut and shaved , and not only their skins , but that of the ...
... mafter , mate and doctor , ( for every fhip has a quack on board ) ufe every art to fet them off to the best advantage ; the grey hairs and beards of the old men and women are cut and shaved , and not only their skins , but that of the ...
الصفحة 155
... mafter debauched his flave , she was to be restored to her freedom ; and , if she had a husband , him also . Notwithstanding all their hardships , they are fond of plays and merriment ; and if not pre- vented by whites , according to a ...
... mafter debauched his flave , she was to be restored to her freedom ; and , if she had a husband , him also . Notwithstanding all their hardships , they are fond of plays and merriment ; and if not pre- vented by whites , according to a ...
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