The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies, 第 2 巻James Humphreys, at the Corner of Second and Walnut-streets, 1806 |
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acres Africa afterwards Antigua ants appear apprehended assembly authority aforesaid Barbadoes Britain British British West Indies called canes cape captain cause Charaibes chief Christopher's circumstances colony conviction council Count D'Estaing court crown cultivation death Dominica duty earl of Carlisle England English estates exported favour French further enacted Gold coast governor grant Grenada groes hereby hogsheads honour hundred inhabitants island Jamaica justices and vestry king Koromantyn labour lands Leeward Leeward Islands lord lord Willoughby majesty majesty's Mandingoes manner Martinico master ment mulatto nation natives negroes neral oath Obeah observed offence overseer owner parish peace penalty plantation planters possession possessor pounds present produce proprietor punishment purchase runaway sent ships slave or slaves slavery sold species sterling suffer sufficient sugar thereof thousand tion Tortola town trade trial West Indian West Indies Whidah white person whole workhouse
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206 ページ - ... those who are free are by far the most proud and jealous of their freedom. Freedom is to them not only an enjoyment, but a kind of rank and privilege. Not seeing there that freedom, as in countries where it is a common blessing, and as broad and general as the air, may be united with much abject toil, with great misery, with all the exterior of servitude, liberty looks, among them, like something that is more noble and liberal.
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51 ページ - People so to be summoned as aforesaid, to make, constitute, and ordain Laws, Statutes, and Ordinances for the Public Peace, Welfare, and good Government of our said Colonies, and of the People and Inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the Laws of England...
301 ページ - ... superstition upon their minds, we cannot but attribute a very considerable portion of the annual mortality among the negroes of Jamaica to this fascinating mischief. ." The Obi is usually composed of a farrago of " materials, most of which are enumerated in the " Jamaica lavv,* v;z blood, feathers, parrots beaks, " dogs teeth, alligators teeth, broken bottles, grave
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231 ページ - The loveliest limbs her form compose, Such as her sister VENUS chose, In FLORENCE, where she's seen ; Both just alike, except the white, No difference, no — none at night, The beauteous dames between.
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153 ページ - THIS beautiful little spot is nothing more than a single mountain, rising like a cone in an easy ascent from the sea; the circumference of its base not exceeding eight English leagues.
299 ページ - Obeah-man of the neighbourhood, who may counteract the magical operations of the other; but if no one can be found of higher rank and ability ; or if, after gaining such an ally, he should still fancy himself affected, he presently falls into a decline, under the incessant horror of impending calamities.