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 65
... morning until night , and are keen , cunning little fharpers . Ever fince the murdering of God Almighty , they are remarkably fond of gold and filver , and very expert at mixing bafe metals together , and polishing and gilding the fame ...
... morning until night , and are keen , cunning little fharpers . Ever fince the murdering of God Almighty , they are remarkably fond of gold and filver , and very expert at mixing bafe metals together , and polishing and gilding the fame ...
الصفحة 77
... morning or even- ing with the manager along the pleasant walks or intervals , or round fome of the cane pieces . In the evening the manager is obliged to procure fome of the finest young wenches for the gen- tlemen ; about fun fet they ...
... morning or even- ing with the manager along the pleasant walks or intervals , or round fome of the cane pieces . In the evening the manager is obliged to procure fome of the finest young wenches for the gen- tlemen ; about fun fet they ...
الصفحة 88
... morning ' till night , in like manner as if they were mules or oxen ! instead of nourishing them with proper food , and dividing them into different gangs , proportioning the work to their abilities and ftrength . Such overfeers deferve ...
... morning ' till night , in like manner as if they were mules or oxen ! instead of nourishing them with proper food , and dividing them into different gangs , proportioning the work to their abilities and ftrength . Such overfeers deferve ...
الصفحة 94
... morning to haften to the field to call the lift and return to feed the fmall ftock , and to count them exactly ; he must keep an exact account account of the increase and decrease of each kind , 94 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... morning to haften to the field to call the lift and return to feed the fmall ftock , and to count them exactly ; he must keep an exact account account of the increase and decrease of each kind , 94 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
الصفحة 95
... morning enter in his book the number of each kind that are with egg , leaft the ftock - house woman deceives him ; and though you will think all this a very menial part of duty , which I cer- tainly think it is the greatest and most ...
... morning enter in his book the number of each kind that are with egg , leaft the ftock - house woman deceives him ; and though you will think all this a very menial part of duty , which I cer- tainly think it is the greatest and most ...
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