A Twelvemonth's Residence in the West Indies, During the Transition from Slavery to Apprenticeship: With Incidental Notices of the State of Society, Prospects, and Natural Resources of Jamaica and Other Islands, Band 2James Cochrane, 1835 |
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... the extent of forty thousand pounds . He possessed seven hundred slaves , and he gave them all their liberty . He formed a regiment of the liberated negroes ; and this regiment proved highly serviceable THE WEST INDIES . 19.
... the extent of forty thousand pounds . He possessed seven hundred slaves , and he gave them all their liberty . He formed a regiment of the liberated negroes ; and this regiment proved highly serviceable THE WEST INDIES . 19.
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... gave every Saturday to the negroes ; -he gave them an addi- tional yearly holiday , which he called the royal holiday . In fact , nearly eighteen years ago , Lewis anticipated the intentions of the framers of the recent measure for the ...
... gave every Saturday to the negroes ; -he gave them an addi- tional yearly holiday , which he called the royal holiday . In fact , nearly eighteen years ago , Lewis anticipated the intentions of the framers of the recent measure for the ...
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... gave in the best of times . " I flatter myself that I have not exaggerated the value of this plant . We are approaching a period when the usual articles of cultivation must of necessity be in a great measure given up . " The following ...
... gave in the best of times . " I flatter myself that I have not exaggerated the value of this plant . We are approaching a period when the usual articles of cultivation must of necessity be in a great measure given up . " The following ...
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... gave a flavour to all his messes -- abjure the pepper - pot for mawkish vege- tables , and wander in woods rather than work for wages - that his wife and children are so little dear to him , that he will not labour to give them food ...
... gave a flavour to all his messes -- abjure the pepper - pot for mawkish vege- tables , and wander in woods rather than work for wages - that his wife and children are so little dear to him , that he will not labour to give them food ...
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... gave me most un- easiness , was a fluttering , numb sensation in the tongue , which suggested the idea of paralysis , and I must say the fear of ; for I never before was aware of the tongue becoming similarly affected from the bite of ...
... gave me most un- easiness , was a fluttering , numb sensation in the tongue , which suggested the idea of paralysis , and I must say the fear of ; for I never before was aware of the tongue becoming similarly affected from the bite of ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 163 - 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.
Seite 100 - 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. Third Witch: Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf; Witches...
Seite 166 - 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.
Seite 166 - And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
Seite 137 - 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...
Seite 166 - 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.
Seite 165 - Thou shall not deliver unto his master the servant which 16 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 shall not oppress him.
Seite 123 - 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...
Seite 63 - 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.
Seite 167 - Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold : silver was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.