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 98
... one time or another he will be a mer- chant ; well knowing that almost every Weft - In- dia merchant was nothing better originally than a clerk , a clerk , therefore they wear fine waiftcoats and florentine 98 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... one time or another he will be a mer- chant ; well knowing that almost every Weft - In- dia merchant was nothing better originally than a clerk , a clerk , therefore they wear fine waiftcoats and florentine 98 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
الصفحة 106
... almost daily in rotation , and roves with as much ease and dignity as a plenipotentiary through raptures of delight , and enjoys happi- nefs as he likes it . When pepper - pot and wine his blood alarms , He takes a quashiba unto his ...
... almost daily in rotation , and roves with as much ease and dignity as a plenipotentiary through raptures of delight , and enjoys happi- nefs as he likes it . When pepper - pot and wine his blood alarms , He takes a quashiba unto his ...
الصفحة 130
... almost impof- fible for any young man , though ever fo prudent , to live amongst them for any length of time , without having unlawful connections with them : they have too many alluring temptations to lead men attray ; nay , was it ...
... almost impof- fible for any young man , though ever fo prudent , to live amongst them for any length of time , without having unlawful connections with them : they have too many alluring temptations to lead men attray ; nay , was it ...
الصفحة 133
... almost nightly , they boasted of their amours , and gloriously exulted in their wickedness . There are many free black men and women all over the island , fome of whom have flaves and plantations , and live very comfortable and hap- py ...
... almost nightly , they boasted of their amours , and gloriously exulted in their wickedness . There are many free black men and women all over the island , fome of whom have flaves and plantations , and live very comfortable and hap- py ...
الصفحة 140
... almost as wild as favages ; fo that no rational being would take them to be the children of white parents ; then if in one generation they change to Mulattoes , in all human probability , in fifteen or twenty gene- rations to come the ...
... almost as wild as favages ; fo that no rational being would take them to be the children of white parents ; then if in one generation they change to Mulattoes , in all human probability , in fifteen or twenty gene- rations to come the ...
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affift alfo almoſt attend attorney bafe becauſe beſt book-keepers buſineſs cafe canes cattle Chriftian commonly confequence corn cowfkin hero Creole diſeaſes drink eftate eſtate expence faid falary falt fame feven feveral fhall fhew fhould fickly filk filly finging fkimmings flaves fmall fome fomething fometimes fond foon friends ftrength ftrong fubjects fuch fufficient fugar Fungee fuppofe fupport fweet gentlemen grafs Great-Britain himſelf hogfheads honeft horfes houfe houſe hundred iſland Jamaica juftice keep laft leaft leaſt liquor maffa mafter mauby merchants mifs moft Mongrel Montego Bay morning moſt muft Mulatto muſt neceffary negroes never night obferve occafions overfeers paffing paffions perfon plantation planter pleafing pleaſe poffible poor puncheon Quadroon reſpect ſay ſeveral ſhall ſmall ſome ſpeak ſtock ſtores ſuch tajo thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand uſe Weft wenches Weſt Indies whilft wine women young yourſelf