A Twelvemonth's Residence in the West Indies: During the Transition from Slavery to Apprenticeship; with Incidental Notice of the State of Society, Prospects, and Natural Resources of Jamaica and Other Islands, 2 tomasCarey, Lea and Blanchard, 1835 |
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... terms ; the other book - keeper ran away the next morning : the black governor was also got rid of ; -and these sources of discontent being removed , additional holidays , allowances , and other in- dulgences granted , in a few days he ...
... terms ; the other book - keeper ran away the next morning : the black governor was also got rid of ; -and these sources of discontent being removed , additional holidays , allowances , and other in- dulgences granted , in a few days he ...
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... terms with them , and having the pleasure of being acquainted with a great number of them , I freely admit , in private life they generally are as estimable gentlemen , and as ho- nourable men , as any class of persons in any other ...
... terms with them , and having the pleasure of being acquainted with a great number of them , I freely admit , in private life they generally are as estimable gentlemen , and as ho- nourable men , as any class of persons in any other ...
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... term will hardly be recognised in the Mexican name tlalcacahuatl , its Tolteck origin , ) which was at one period the chief article of export of this island , has ceased to be culti vated by the planters ; not that the soil proved unfa ...
... term will hardly be recognised in the Mexican name tlalcacahuatl , its Tolteck origin , ) which was at one period the chief article of export of this island , has ceased to be culti vated by the planters ; not that the soil proved unfa ...
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... term , " he says , " in Jamaica , denotes those Afri- cans who in that island practise witchcraft or sorcery ; comprehending , also , the class of what are called myal men , or those who , by means of a narcotic potion , made with the ...
... term , " he says , " in Jamaica , denotes those Afri- cans who in that island practise witchcraft or sorcery ; comprehending , also , the class of what are called myal men , or those who , by means of a narcotic potion , made with the ...
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... term of years , all criminals condemned to banishment or the galleys , excepting such as had committed atrocious crimes . " This his- torian admits his recommendation proved " a fruitful source of misery and disaster to the colony ...
... term of years , all criminals condemned to banishment or the galleys , excepting such as had committed atrocious crimes . " This his- torian admits his recommendation proved " a fruitful source of misery and disaster to the colony ...
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A Twelvemonth's Residence in the West Indies, During the Transition ..., 2 tomas Richard Robert Madden Visos knygos peržiūra - 1835 |
A Twelvemonth's Residence in the West Indies, During the Transition ..., 2 tomas Richard Robert Madden Visos knygos peržiūra - 1835 |
A Twelvemonth's Residence in the West Indies During the Transition ..., 2 tomas Richard Robert Madden Visos knygos peržiūra - 1835 |
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69 psl. - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake : Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog...
106 psl. - I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free': Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.
87 psl. - We cannot allow the colonies to check, or discourage in any degree, a traffic so beneficial to the nation.
109 psl. - And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years ; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
109 psl. - Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee : he shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.
46 psl. - I love to dwell on these details of Colonial industry, " because they prove to the inhabitants of Europe, " what to the enlightened inhabitants of the Colonies " has long ceased to be doubtful, that the Continent of " Spanish America can produce Sugar and Indigo by " free hands, and that the unhappy slaves are capable " of becoming peasants, farmers, and landholders.
83 psl. - But if you will not comply, or maliciously delay to obey my injunction, then, with the help of God, I will enter your country by force, I will carry on war against you with the utmost violence, I will subject you to the yoke of obedience to the Church and King, I will take your wives and children, and will make them slaves, and sell or dispose...
120 psl. - It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
92 psl. - The state of slavery is of such a nature, that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only by positive law...
180 psl. - Justice, and he is hereby required, on behalf of any such Child, to execute an Indenture of Apprenticeship, thereby binding such Child as an apprenticed Labourer to the Person or Persons entitled to the Services of the Mother of such Child...