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 36
... women . Sunday is the greatest market day ; the negroes from all parts of the country flock to town , hundreds of them in a gang , carrying with them the product of their grounds ; for every negro cultivates a small lot of land for his ...
... women . Sunday is the greatest market day ; the negroes from all parts of the country flock to town , hundreds of them in a gang , carrying with them the product of their grounds ; for every negro cultivates a small lot of land for his ...
الصفحة 83
... women , two cooks , two women attending poul- try , and two stout wenches assisting them , two shepherds , two fwine - herds , two fishermen , one fowler , and one attending the warren and pidgeons ; here is a list of twenty - four ...
... women , two cooks , two women attending poul- try , and two stout wenches assisting them , two shepherds , two fwine - herds , two fishermen , one fowler , and one attending the warren and pidgeons ; here is a list of twenty - four ...
الصفحة 89
... woman re- quires attendance , and may incenere with the management , so as to influence her husband in the government of the rod ; besides , a lovely amiable white partner would appear as an angel amongst naked rude blacks , and attract ...
... woman re- quires attendance , and may incenere with the management , so as to influence her husband in the government of the rod ; besides , a lovely amiable white partner would appear as an angel amongst naked rude blacks , and attract ...
الصفحة 95
... 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 honour- able men in Jamaica were obliged to do it . Turkies are the most difficult kind to raise ...
... 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 honour- able men in Jamaica were obliged to do it . Turkies are the most difficult kind to raise ...
الصفحة 98
... women take of beating and rubbing the clothes with stones and stumps of grafs to fave the expence of foap , wears them amazing fast , it will require yearly , if he has not brought a good stock of shirts , neck- cloths , breeches ...
... women take of beating and rubbing the clothes with stones and stumps of grafs to fave the expence of foap , wears them amazing fast , it will require yearly , if he has not brought a good stock of shirts , neck- cloths , breeches ...
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