An History of Jamaica: With Observations on the Climate, Scenery, Trade, Productions, Negroes, Slave Trade, Diseases of Europeans, Customs, Manners, Snd Dispositions of the Inhabitants : to which is Added, an Illustration of the Advantages which are Likely to Result from the Abolition of the Slave TradeJ. Cawthorn, 1807 - 333 страници |
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... various historical facts , related in the present vo- lume . For this conduct , the conciseness requisite in a short history , will probably account in a satis- factory manner . But , it may be further remarked , that as historians are ...
... various historical facts , related in the present vo- lume . For this conduct , the conciseness requisite in a short history , will probably account in a satis- factory manner . But , it may be further remarked , that as historians are ...
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... various Nations of Africa , discoverable in the Conduct and Temper of the Slaves -Passions of the Negroes - Consequences of Slavery with Respect to their Dis- positions Their Benevolence - Filial Affection - Loquacity - Love of Pleasure ...
... various Nations of Africa , discoverable in the Conduct and Temper of the Slaves -Passions of the Negroes - Consequences of Slavery with Respect to their Dis- positions Their Benevolence - Filial Affection - Loquacity - Love of Pleasure ...
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... various effects , according to the power , situation , and intention of the agents . Good often springs from ap- parent evil ; and , such is the imperfection of our knowledge , that the conduct which is contrary to justice , and which ...
... various effects , according to the power , situation , and intention of the agents . Good often springs from ap- parent evil ; and , such is the imperfection of our knowledge , that the conduct which is contrary to justice , and which ...
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... various properties of a distant world ; and sympathizing with his fellow - men , wherever scattered , and however different in language , manners , and mental acquire- ments , he is powerfully affected by their happiness and misery ...
... various properties of a distant world ; and sympathizing with his fellow - men , wherever scattered , and however different in language , manners , and mental acquire- ments , he is powerfully affected by their happiness and misery ...
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... various and beautiful . The elegance of their earthen ware , their chairs of ebony , and their curiously woven beds ; their implements of husbandry ; the size , structure , and ornaments of their canoes , some of them navigated by forty ...
... various and beautiful . The elegance of their earthen ware , their chairs of ebony , and their curiously woven beds ; their implements of husbandry ; the size , structure , and ornaments of their canoes , some of them navigated by forty ...
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abolition administration advantages African appear assize court attend authority aforesaid barrels become Britain British Buccaniers called canes casks climate Colonel colonies colonists colour commerce conduct consequence considerable costiveness court Cudjoe cultivation disease Domingo England English equally European excited expence feet further enacted governor happiness hereby hhds HISTORY OF JAMAICA honour horse house of assembly hundred increase Indians island Jamaica justices and vestry Kingston labour land manner Maroons master melasses mother country mountains Mulatto mule native nature necessary Negroes never offence overseer owner peace penalty pimento plant plantation planters Port Royal possessed pounds pounds sterling pounds weight present produce proprietor punishment quantity respect runaway settlers shillings ships situation slave or slaves slave-trade slavery soil soon Spaniards Spanish suffer sufficient sugar thereof thousand tion town trade trees troops valuable wealth West India white inhabitants white person William Beeston workhouse
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Страница 293 - They boast of their privileges and civilization, and yet proffer no milder conditions than servitude or death. In our own native land, in defence of the freedom that is our birth-right...
Страница 93 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
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