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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... grounds - Answer to - First curse of slavery - Jewish value of slaves - A father claiming his own son for his apprentice - The son the slave - owner of his own mother - Demanding wages from his own sister- " Sacred rights Restitution ...
... grounds - Answer to - First curse of slavery - Jewish value of slaves - A father claiming his own son for his apprentice - The son the slave - owner of his own mother - Demanding wages from his own sister- " Sacred rights Restitution ...
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... ground every two or three years . The cotton of Jamaica was always considered in the British market inferior in quality to that of any other of the West India Islands ; it fetched a lower price , by twenty - five or thirty per cent ...
... ground every two or three years . The cotton of Jamaica was always considered in the British market inferior in quality to that of any other of the West India Islands ; it fetched a lower price , by twenty - five or thirty per cent ...
45 psl.
... ground , and is paid in money or in cotton . " I love , " continues this accomplished traveller , " to dwell on these details of colonial industry , because they prove to the inhabitants of Europe what , to the enlightened inhabitants ...
... ground , and is paid in money or in cotton . " I love , " continues this accomplished traveller , " to dwell on these details of colonial industry , because they prove to the inhabitants of Europe what , to the enlightened inhabitants ...
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... ground here and there laid out in gardens , are sure to present the same broad foliage of plantains and bananas , the same bright ver- dure of waving Guinea - grass and stately corn . ge- Will the day ever come , when the natural advan ...
... ground here and there laid out in gardens , are sure to present the same broad foliage of plantains and bananas , the same bright ver- dure of waving Guinea - grass and stately corn . ge- Will the day ever come , when the natural advan ...
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... ground ; the flesh was of a greenish colour , and quite corrupted . As we were looking at this hor- rible object , one of the most hardy of us said , ' I'll wager that there is no one here dare touch it ! Another said , ' There is ! At ...
... ground ; the flesh was of a greenish colour , and quite corrupted . As we were looking at this hor- rible object , one of the most hardy of us said , ' I'll wager that there is no one here dare touch it ! Another said , ' There is ! At ...
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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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Abolition Act Abon Becr advantage African allowances apprenticed labourer apprentices apprenticeship attorney August authority believe Bolivar British buckra called character Christian clause cocoa colonies conduct court cultivation custom daugh dear Sir death duties Edward Donlan effect England evidence favour friends gentleman give Gounah groes guaco House of Assembly human Indians interest island Jamaica King Kingston liberty Manchester parish Mandingo manumission massa master ment mother country nature neger negroes neral never obeah occasion opinion overseer owner parish period person plant plantation planters poison poor Port Royal practised present produce proprietor proved punishment R. R. M. LETTER racter rebellion respecting sanction sent servant slavery slaves special justice Special Magistrate spirit taken thing tice Timbuctoo tion tivation told venom wages West Indies words yellow fever
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111 psl. - Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth ; yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
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, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. All. Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. 3 Witch. Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf : Witches...
113 psl. - Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
110 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.
89 psl. - We cannot allow the colonies to check, or discourage in any degree, a traffic so beneficial to the nation.
113 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.
85 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 the king ; I will take your wives and children, and will make them slaves, and sell or dispose...
91 psl. - I have first to observe that it ' returns upon the slave by the same title by which it grew up ' originally. It never was in Antigua the creature of law but ' of custom, which operates with the force of law...
94 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...