A Winter in the West Indies: Described in Familiar Letters to Henry Clay, of KentuckyJ. Murray, 1840 - 282 Seiten |
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... wages were five dollars and a half per month , for each man , be- sides board ; thus , under the new system , they were earning their living by honest industry ; and they appeared to us to be at once well behaved and con- tented . In ...
... wages were five dollars and a half per month , for each man , be- sides board ; thus , under the new system , they were earning their living by honest industry ; and they appeared to us to be at once well behaved and con- tented . In ...
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... wages . The present con- dition of the planters in Tortola is not very favorable , from long continued droughts , and a consequent short crop ; but I hope that more prosperous seasons will soon lead to an increase of wages . This is ...
... wages . The present con- dition of the planters in Tortola is not very favorable , from long continued droughts , and a consequent short crop ; but I hope that more prosperous seasons will soon lead to an increase of wages . This is ...
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... wages for the dead weight of slavery . After partaking , with several other persons , of this gentleman's abundant hospitality , he accompanied us to Windy Hill , the seat of the President , E. H. Drummond Hay , an agreeable and ...
... wages for the dead weight of slavery . After partaking , with several other persons , of this gentleman's abundant hospitality , he accompanied us to Windy Hill , the seat of the President , E. H. Drummond Hay , an agreeable and ...
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... wages in other colonies . With regard to the white inhabitants , we were told that they had expended their compensation money somewhat too easily , and were reduced to a state of no small poverty and distress . I believe ST ...
... wages in other colonies . With regard to the white inhabitants , we were told that they had expended their compensation money somewhat too easily , and were reduced to a state of no small poverty and distress . I believe ST ...
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... wages , in this island , are from 7d . to 9d . sterling per day , besides the usual privileges ; but the negroes have no difficulty in earning from 2s . to 3s . sterling per day by job work . Under this system par- ticularly , they ...
... wages , in this island , are from 7d . to 9d . sterling per day , besides the usual privileges ; but the negroes have no difficulty in earning from 2s . to 3s . sterling per day by job work . Under this system par- ticularly , they ...
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abolition of slavery act of emancipation afford Africa African slave trade American Antigua appearance apprenticeship Baptist beauty believe British British West Indies called chapel Christian circumstance coast coffee colonies colored comfort course Cuba cultivation delightful district dollars Dominica equal estates favorable feel free laborers freedom Governor ground harbor Havana Henry Clay hills hogsheads hundred increase island Jamaica justice kind Kingston land large number letter luxuriant magistrates meeting meeting for worship Methodist miles missionary moral morning mountains negroes observed occasion ourselves parish parties peasantry persons planters population port present principles proprietors prosperity provision racter religious remark rent respect Santa Cruz santry scene ship Sixth month June slave trade Society Spanishtown sterling sugar Third month March Thomas Burchell tion Tortola tree vast vessels Virgin Gorda voyage wages week West Indian West Indies William Knibb
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Seite 257 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Seite 94 - As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Seite 190 - And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; 37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
Seite 230 - And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
Seite 184 - Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Seite 119 - City, and holding a pure faith in the unity of the Spirit and in the bond of peace...
Seite 230 - But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night ; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, and the earth also, and the works that are therein, shall be burned up.
Seite 96 - Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low : and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together ; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Seite 260 - Congress shall have the power "to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding 10 miles square) as may, by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the Government of the United States.
Seite 61 - For ye, brethren, were called unto liberty; only use not your liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by your love serve one another.