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 86
... least he fhould be tempted to act difhoneftly . I knew many overfeers who accumulated very rapidly large properties by retailing rum and ftock for the ufe of the proprietors , and yet to fupport tolerable good characters , because their ...
... least he fhould be tempted to act difhoneftly . I knew many overfeers who accumulated very rapidly large properties by retailing rum and ftock for the ufe of the proprietors , and yet to fupport tolerable good characters , because their ...
الصفحة 89
... least something is neglected , or he may be furprized by the attorney . re- And if men , whofe bread depend on planter- ship , enter into the connubial bond , it will injure them , because it is not pleafing to gentlemen to have ...
... least something is neglected , or he may be furprized by the attorney . re- And if men , whofe bread depend on planter- ship , enter into the connubial bond , it will injure them , because it is not pleafing to gentlemen to have ...
الصفحة 93
... least two or three years , ( fave only Little Confequence before mentioned ) . 1 When a young man gets into a good employ , I mean where the attorney , without favour or affection , makes it an established rule to prefer the oldest book ...
... least two or three years , ( fave only Little Confequence before mentioned ) . 1 When a young man gets into a good employ , I mean where the attorney , without favour or affection , makes it an established rule to prefer the oldest book ...
الصفحة 102
... least they pay dear for it . When a man gets into the affembly , or be- comes one of the council , he should study the laws of the island , and the profperity of the peo- ple in general , and learn by speaking to himself in private , to ...
... least they pay dear for it . When a man gets into the affembly , or be- comes one of the council , he should study the laws of the island , and the profperity of the peo- ple in general , and learn by speaking to himself in private , to ...
الصفحة 123
... least tincture of rofy bloom ; a Mestée is much fairer than a Mulatto , but of a fickly hue ; a Quadroon is as fair as fome whites , but rather delicate and fickly inclined . When Mongrels of different kinds copulate to- gether , they ...
... least tincture of rofy bloom ; a Mestée is much fairer than a Mulatto , but of a fickly hue ; a Quadroon is as fair as fome whites , but rather delicate and fickly inclined . When Mongrels of different kinds copulate to- gether , they ...
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