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, Band 2Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1835 |
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... martial law , to put new restraints upon them . The new law is strong enough for their protection , ( if it is well administered . ) and any attempts to violate it on their part would be an act of folly , that would bring them into ...
... martial law , to put new restraints upon them . The new law is strong enough for their protection , ( if it is well administered . ) and any attempts to violate it on their part would be an act of folly , that would bring them into ...
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... martial law . 1684 , rebellion , first serious one . 1686 , rebellion , sanguinary , at Clarendon . 1691 , rebellion ; many white people murdered . 1702 , rebellion ; eastern districts . 1717 , rebellion , repeated attempts , causing ...
... martial law . 1684 , rebellion , first serious one . 1686 , rebellion , sanguinary , at Clarendon . 1691 , rebellion ; many white people murdered . 1702 , rebellion ; eastern districts . 1717 , rebellion , repeated attempts , causing ...
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... martial law ; but was the sanction of the ge- neral in command essential to these forms ? and if it were , I would be glad to know how often was it dis- pensed with ? I have made inquiries respecting the origin and progress of this ...
... martial law ; but was the sanction of the ge- neral in command essential to these forms ? and if it were , I would be glad to know how often was it dis- pensed with ? I have made inquiries respecting the origin and progress of this ...
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... martial law , which that part of the press which disgraces the island , and the insensate part of the young men of the community are now crying out for with so much vehemence ? It is most earnestly to be hoped that recourse to such a ...
... martial law , which that part of the press which disgraces the island , and the insensate part of the young men of the community are now crying out for with so much vehemence ? It is most earnestly to be hoped that recourse to such a ...
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... martial law . disgraces t d to complete emancipation for the re- this colony , and for the revival of the . f its settlers . I do not , indeed , expect that 204 were urged with still greater violence , how long THE WEST INL .. 205.
... martial law . disgraces t d to complete emancipation for the re- this colony , and for the revival of the . f its settlers . I do not , indeed , expect that 204 were urged with still greater violence , how long THE WEST INL .. 205.
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Seite 69 - 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...
Seite 106 - 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.
Seite 87 - We cannot allow the colonies to check, or discourage in any degree, a traffic so beneficial to the nation.
Seite 109 - 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 109 - 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.
Seite 46 - 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 83 - 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...
Seite 120 - 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.
Seite 92 - 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 180 - 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...