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 103
... the meanest as well as the greatest , has an equal right to justice . Justice should not be bought or sold , nor should it be delayed from any man , for “ every man has a natural unalienable right to look upon himself equal to ...
... the meanest as well as the greatest , has an equal right to justice . Justice should not be bought or sold , nor should it be delayed from any man , for “ every man has a natural unalienable right to look upon himself equal to ...
الصفحة 105
... darling amusements are confined to negroe huts and mulatto balls ; though a Creole was languishing on his death bed , I believe the sound of the gumbay or violin would induce him to get up and dance till he killed himself , They are ...
... darling amusements are confined to negroe huts and mulatto balls ; though a Creole was languishing on his death bed , I believe the sound of the gumbay or violin would induce him to get up and dance till he killed himself , They are ...
الصفحة 111
... though he gets some property with her , will repent his bargain , and will find himself disagreeably circumstanced in various respects ; for it will not be his wife and little progeny alone he will have to provide for , but all the ...
... though he gets some property with her , will repent his bargain , and will find himself disagreeably circumstanced in various respects ; for it will not be his wife and little progeny alone he will have to provide for , but all the ...
الصفحة 116
During dinner the gentlemen were as polite as possible to the young ladies , each endeavouring with all his might to infinuate himself into their good graces , by the eloquence of his eyes and tongue . “ Pray , miss Louisa , will you ...
During dinner the gentlemen were as polite as possible to the young ladies , each endeavouring with all his might to infinuate himself into their good graces , by the eloquence of his eyes and tongue . “ Pray , miss Louisa , will you ...
الصفحة 149
Whac must the feelings and agitations of poor Hector's heart have been to commit such a desperate act on himself ? . What a brave general , or valiant admiral , might that man have made , had his intellects been properly cultivated from ...
Whac must the feelings and agitations of poor Hector's heart have been to commit such a desperate act on himself ? . What a brave general , or valiant admiral , might that man have made , had his intellects been properly cultivated from ...
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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