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 71
... ground was holed in proper time and feason , and the canes planted accordingly ; he should be a parent to the whole eftate , flaves , cattle , mules , and other stock ; he should visit the boiling - house frequently ; ftand at the tack ...
... ground was holed in proper time and feason , and the canes planted accordingly ; he should be a parent to the whole eftate , flaves , cattle , mules , and other stock ; he should visit the boiling - house frequently ; ftand at the tack ...
الصفحة 82
... ground was fo wet and heavy , that it was very laborious to dig the cane holes , or the beft of the canes were lodged , or the earth was washed washed away from the young plants ; thus the capricious 82 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... ground was fo wet and heavy , that it was very laborious to dig the cane holes , or the beft of the canes were lodged , or the earth was washed washed away from the young plants ; thus the capricious 82 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
الصفحة 95
... ground is the best food ; and as they are fubject to the yaws , a dif- temper very diftructive amongst them , they should be rubbed every morning , when they have this in- fection , with roaft limes and brine . It is also neceffary to ...
... ground is the best food ; and as they are fubject to the yaws , a dif- temper very diftructive amongst them , they should be rubbed every morning , when they have this in- fection , with roaft limes and brine . It is also neceffary to ...
الصفحة 149
... grounds ; the book - keepers attend , and those who are abfent , without permiffion , are flogged on Monday morning : this is certainly breaking the fourth commandment to all in- tents and purpofes ; for it is not done out of neceffity ...
... grounds ; the book - keepers attend , and those who are abfent , without permiffion , are flogged on Monday morning : this is certainly breaking the fourth commandment to all in- tents and purpofes ; for it is not done out of neceffity ...
الصفحة 150
... grounds ; the wo- men prog for food , boil their pots at noon and night , loufe their heads , extract chiggers from their toes , and wash their frocks and trowfers . I fhall here fubmit the complaint of a negroe man , whose helpmate had ...
... grounds ; the wo- men prog for food , boil their pots at noon and night , loufe their heads , extract chiggers from their toes , and wash their frocks and trowfers . I fhall here fubmit the complaint of a negroe man , whose helpmate had ...
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