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 46
I say , when all these , and many other matters , are not considered of and prepared in time , if the canes are ripe , and dry weather ensues , they will turn red , or ( as they say ) get burnt ; after which , though they must be cut to ...
I say , when all these , and many other matters , are not considered of and prepared in time , if the canes are ripe , and dry weather ensues , they will turn red , or ( as they say ) get burnt ; after which , though they must be cut to ...
الصفحة 49
... without exposing his conftitution to the menial , coilsome , and painful drudgeries of an overseer's life , for three , four , or five years : He may attempt it , -- but how insignificant and aukward must a man appear , who attempts ...
... without exposing his conftitution to the menial , coilsome , and painful drudgeries of an overseer's life , for three , four , or five years : He may attempt it , -- but how insignificant and aukward must a man appear , who attempts ...
الصفحة 53
At the beginning of crop , probably there may not be good lees remaining since the last year , in which case there must be a greater quantity of skimmings than usual set ; if there are no molasses , feventy per cent . of skimmings ...
At the beginning of crop , probably there may not be good lees remaining since the last year , in which case there must be a greater quantity of skimmings than usual set ; if there are no molasses , feventy per cent . of skimmings ...
الصفحة 60
... I must observe that all ranks and denominations of people are more friendly , kindly , and hospitable , than in colder countries , I believe warm climates expand the heart with 11 1 liberal and generous ideas ; as there are.
... I must observe that all ranks and denominations of people are more friendly , kindly , and hospitable , than in colder countries , I believe warm climates expand the heart with 11 1 liberal and generous ideas ; as there are.
الصفحة 80
... fawn , Aatter , lie and diffemble , and bear all the overseer's insults and reproaches tamely without murmering , he need never expect to succeed ; and tho ' the overseer be ever so vile a scoundrel , he must not find fault with him ...
... fawn , Aatter , lie and diffemble , and bear all the overseer's insults and reproaches tamely without murmering , he need never expect to succeed ; and tho ' the overseer be ever so vile a scoundrel , he must not find fault with him ...
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| العنوان | 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 Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery |
| المؤلف | J. B. Moreton |
| الناشر | J. Parsons; W. Richardson; H. Gardner; and J. Walter, 1793 |
| أصلي من | المكتبة البريطانية |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 21 تشرين الأول (أكتوبر) 2013 |
| عدد الصفحات | 192 من الصفحات |
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