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 Edition |
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الصفحة 89
... blemishes of their absent neighbouring acquaintances ; or of corn and cane pieces ; and the ways and means they severally practice to deceive the attornies or proprietors such commonly are the topical subjects of the planting herd .
... blemishes of their absent neighbouring acquaintances ; or of corn and cane pieces ; and the ways and means they severally practice to deceive the attornies or proprietors such commonly are the topical subjects of the planting herd .
الصفحة 92
I shall now endeavour to point out to you the different gradations , in both the planting and mercantile lines , which young men commonly go through to arrive at any degree of greatness ...
I shall now endeavour to point out to you the different gradations , in both the planting and mercantile lines , which young men commonly go through to arrive at any degree of greatness ...
الصفحة 134
... had about five thousand black sub . jects , commanded by his brother , Captain Davy ; that they cleared odd spots of woodland , planted plenty of corn and other provisions , raised sinall stock , killed wild cattle , swine , & c .
... had about five thousand black sub . jects , commanded by his brother , Captain Davy ; that they cleared odd spots of woodland , planted plenty of corn and other provisions , raised sinall stock , killed wild cattle , swine , & c .
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almoſt alſo appear attend attorney beſt better book-keepers buſineſs called canes carry cattle cent commonly corn cowſkin Creole cure drink eight eſtate eyes favour feet field firſt five follows fond four frequently friends gentlemen give ground hands heart hero himſelf houſe human hundred ignorant iſland Jamaica juſtice keep kind known ladies leaſt liquor live manager manner maſter means merchants mind miſs Mongrel morning moſt muſt nature Naves negroes never night obliged obſerve once overſeers pain particularly perſon plantation planting pleaſe poor reſpect ſame ſay ſee ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſoon ſtock ſuch ſugar taken themſelves theſe thing thoſe thouſand till town turn uſe waſhed Weſt Indies whole wine wiſh women woods young yourſelf