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 127
... obliged to pay them as much adoration as the Portuguese do the Hostess or Virgin Mary ; for the government of the cow- fkin depends in a great measure on their fmiles or frowns ; therefore I beg , whatever department of life may be your ...
... obliged to pay them as much adoration as the Portuguese do the Hostess or Virgin Mary ; for the government of the cow- fkin depends in a great measure on their fmiles or frowns ; therefore I beg , whatever department of life may be your ...
الصفحة 138
... obliged to handle hoes , bills , and axes , and to cultivate our colonies , and in retaliation their colonies would be cultivated by Britons ; or were we to act like Jofeph's treacherous brethren , when a brother our flesh and blood ...
... obliged to handle hoes , bills , and axes , and to cultivate our colonies , and in retaliation their colonies would be cultivated by Britons ; or were we to act like Jofeph's treacherous brethren , when a brother our flesh and blood ...
الصفحة 145
... obliged to jump and dance and roar loudly for half an hour , obedient to the failors , who chaftise those who are fick or lazy . Several of thofe poor creatures , heart broken at their fate , die daily ; and leaft any report fhould ...
... obliged to jump and dance and roar loudly for half an hour , obedient to the failors , who chaftise those who are fick or lazy . Several of thofe poor creatures , heart broken at their fate , die daily ; and leaft any report fhould ...
الصفحة 147
... obliged to pick up grafs and vines in like manner as at noon , and to affemble at the Overseer's houfe ; about eight o'clock the lift is called , and he or the who has not brought a proper fizeable bundle gets a few stripes . When any ...
... obliged to pick up grafs and vines in like manner as at noon , and to affemble at the Overseer's houfe ; about eight o'clock the lift is called , and he or the who has not brought a proper fizeable bundle gets a few stripes . When any ...
الصفحة 149
... obliged to work all day in their 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 ...
... obliged to work all day in their 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 ...
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