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 105
... morning : -I often laughed heartily at hearing a Creole mafter or mifs fay , " Do , momma , get me fome mauby , mine head no ' tand good . " It is quite ufual for a Creole gentleman after dinner to fend to the field for one of his ...
... morning : -I often laughed heartily at hearing a Creole mafter or mifs fay , " Do , momma , get me fome mauby , mine head no ' tand good . " It is quite ufual for a Creole gentleman after dinner to fend to the field for one of his ...
الصفحة 118
... morning , and unfortunately M'Kill all came off with a flight wound in the houlder . The old lady , who headed the table , contri- buted vaftly in promoting mirth and chearful- nefs , by drinking " Somebody , " and giving a knock at the ...
... morning , and unfortunately M'Kill all came off with a flight wound in the houlder . The old lady , who headed the table , contri- buted vaftly in promoting mirth and chearful- nefs , by drinking " Somebody , " and giving a knock at the ...
الصفحة 145
... morning they are muftered on deck , and are obliged to jump and dance and roar loudly for half an hour , obedient to the failors , who chastise those who are fick or lazy . Several of thofe poor creatures , heart broken at their fate ...
... morning they are muftered on deck , and are obliged to jump and dance and roar loudly for half an hour , obedient to the failors , who chastise those who are fick or lazy . Several of thofe poor creatures , heart broken at their fate ...
الصفحة 146
... morning about half an hour after four the bell is rung to order them out to labour ; at the dawn of day the book- keeper calls the lift , and every flave who is ab- fent is paid with a few ftripes afterwards . As foon as they come into ...
... morning about half an hour after four the bell is rung to order them out to labour ; at the dawn of day the book- keeper calls the lift , and every flave who is ab- fent is paid with a few ftripes afterwards . As foon as they come into ...
الصفحة 149
... morning : this is certainly breaking the fourth commandment to all in- tents and purposes ; for it is not done out of neceffity , like taking an ox or a cow out of a pit , but it is done through griping avarice . It is well for the poor ...
... morning : this is certainly breaking the fourth commandment to all in- tents and purposes ; for it is not done out of neceffity , like taking an ox or a cow out of a pit , but it is done through griping avarice . It is well for the poor ...
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