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 72
... of his plantation , and a inortgage thereon by way of security ; and it often happens in the end , that the mortgagee possesses himself of the whole estate , whilst the mortgager reflects with horror on his extravagance and folly .
... of his plantation , and a inortgage thereon by way of security ; and it often happens in the end , that the mortgagee possesses himself of the whole estate , whilst the mortgager reflects with horror on his extravagance and folly .
الصفحة 80
... tempt him to complain to the proprietor or attorney , though the grievance and coinplaint are just , he may depend , as sure as he exists , that the whole fraternity of cowskin heroes will be against him , and ever after will point ...
... tempt him to complain to the proprietor or attorney , though the grievance and coinplaint are just , he may depend , as sure as he exists , that the whole fraternity of cowskin heroes will be against him , and ever after will point ...
الصفحة 126
The black women use every means to draw young men to their rookeries , in order to prostie tute their daughters ; I have been often compelled by the mother to spend a whole night with her her gingerbread daughter .
The black women use every means to draw young men to their rookeries , in order to prostie tute their daughters ; I have been often compelled by the mother to spend a whole night with her her gingerbread daughter .
الصفحة 132
Upon the whole , I think it is a great weakness , and an infatuation bordering on phrenzy in men , to waste their vigour and substance upon harlots , whites , Mongrels , or blacks . A virtuous women is a crown of glory , and her price ...
Upon the whole , I think it is a great weakness , and an infatuation bordering on phrenzy in men , to waste their vigour and substance upon harlots , whites , Mongrels , or blacks . A virtuous women is a crown of glory , and her price ...
الصفحة 145
... and not only their skins , but that of the whole cargo , are rubbed with palm and other oils : so that a person who is not a judge may purchase an old Nave for a young one , a distempered boy or girl for one healthy and stout .
... and not only their skins , but that of the whole cargo , are rubbed with palm and other oils : so that a person who is not a judge may purchase an old Nave for a young one , a distempered boy or girl for one healthy and stout .
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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