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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... whole hours daily and nightly , and take his monthly spell in the distill - house ; but the gene- rality of managers think they have got a proper knowledge knowledge of all these , without ever handling a line 50 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... whole hours daily and nightly , and take his monthly spell in the distill - house ; but the gene- rality of managers think they have got a proper knowledge knowledge of all these , without ever handling a line 50 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
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J. B. Moreton. knowledge of all these , without ever handling a line , ladle , or skimmer . Though I see many a fine house built , I might just as well attempt , with a few negroe masons or carpenters , to build an elegant structure ...
J. B. Moreton. knowledge of all these , without ever handling a line , ladle , or skimmer . Though I see many a fine house built , I might just as well attempt , with a few negroe masons or carpenters , to build an elegant structure ...
الصفحة 65
... These Christ - killing dogs exert every base means to impose upon Christians ; even their children are trained to villainy , keep pedling stands in the streets from morning until night , and are keen , cunning little sharpers . 1 Ever ...
... These Christ - killing dogs exert every base means to impose upon Christians ; even their children are trained to villainy , keep pedling stands in the streets from morning until night , and are keen , cunning little sharpers . 1 Ever ...
الصفحة 77
... These poor wretches wash themselves in some river or pond , brace up their breasts , and meet at the great - house , where they exercise themselves with great dexterity , by - dan- cing in all the varied wriggles peculiar to their F3 ...
... These poor wretches wash themselves in some river or pond , brace up their breasts , and meet at the great - house , where they exercise themselves with great dexterity , by - dan- cing in all the varied wriggles peculiar to their F3 ...
الصفحة 82
... these tokens of a rogue complete , If he be honest , he's a dev'lish cheat . 1 He commonly set the negroes to work at wrong feafons ; to dig cane holes in wet weather , and to plant in drought ; and yet he always found excuses to ...
... these tokens of a rogue complete , If he be honest , he's a dev'lish cheat . 1 He commonly set the negroes to work at wrong feafons ; to dig cane holes in wet weather , and to plant in drought ; and yet he always found excuses to ...
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