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 64
... to succeed as well ; to get possession of Naves , & c . whilft many English and Irish young men , though ever so clever , are often hard fet to procure themselves the necessaries of life : I cannot conceive what the difference can ...
... to succeed as well ; to get possession of Naves , & c . whilft many English and Irish young men , though ever so clever , are often hard fet to procure themselves the necessaries of life : I cannot conceive what the difference can ...
الصفحة 67
The first of December , I think , was the day , That I set off from Charlestown for Cape Françoise , In company with monsieurs Quaver and Quiver , ( Two men of fortune , moft noble and clever ) ; Likewise Mr. Randum , a foolish young ...
The first of December , I think , was the day , That I set off from Charlestown for Cape Françoise , In company with monsieurs Quaver and Quiver , ( Two men of fortune , moft noble and clever ) ; Likewise Mr. Randum , a foolish young ...
الصفحة 75
... industrious young As to what you mention respecting the crops , you will please to observe , that when Mr. M'Donald was manager , and made three hundred hogsheads yearly , he injured the Naves and cattle materially , and cultivated ...
... industrious young As to what you mention respecting the crops , you will please to observe , that when Mr. M'Donald was manager , and made three hundred hogsheads yearly , he injured the Naves and cattle materially , and cultivated ...
الصفحة 77
In the evening the manager is obliged to procure some of the finest young wenches for the gen . tlemen ; about sun set they are ordered from the field to wait upon their master and his friends ; and though this is a pimp - like action ...
In the evening the manager is obliged to procure some of the finest young wenches for the gen . tlemen ; about sun set they are ordered from the field to wait upon their master and his friends ; and though this is a pimp - like action ...
الصفحة 82
... he was always displeased ; the ground was so wet and heavy , that it was very laborious to dig the cane holes , or the best of the canes were lodged , or the earth was away from the young plants ; thus the capricious animal.
... he was always displeased ; the ground was so wet and heavy , that it was very laborious to dig the cane holes , or the best of the canes were lodged , or the earth was away from the young plants ; thus the capricious animal.
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almoſt alſo amongſt appear attend attorney beſt better blood book-keepers buſineſs called canes carry cattle cent commonly corn Creole cure dear drink eight eſtate favour feet field firſt five fond four frequently friends gentlemen give ground hands heart hero himſelf horſes houſe human hundred ignorant iſland Jamaica juſtice keep kind known ladies laſt 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 ſame ſay ſee ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſtock ſuch ſugar taken themſelves theſe thing thoſe thouſand till tion town turn uſe waſhed Weſt Indies whole wine wiſh women woods young yourſelf