The West Indies as They are: Or, A Real Picture of Slavery: But More Prarticularly as it Exists in the Island of Jamaica. In Three Parts. With NotesJ. Hatchard and son, 1825 - 256 sidor |
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... four or five years past , and what is actually the state of things at present , for I doubt whe- ther the Bishops will be allowed to do as much good as they may wish , and it is also right that even they should have a correct knowledge ...
... four or five years past , and what is actually the state of things at present , for I doubt whe- ther the Bishops will be allowed to do as much good as they may wish , and it is also right that even they should have a correct knowledge ...
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... four masters in as many years . One strong case of a poor Negro being separated from his wife , and sold to a distant parish , after many prayers and endeavours to get a new master in Kingston , came more immediately under my own ...
... four masters in as many years . One strong case of a poor Negro being separated from his wife , and sold to a distant parish , after many prayers and endeavours to get a new master in Kingston , came more immediately under my own ...
Sida 25
... four years ago ; but just before I left Jamaica I was very credi- bly informed , by a respectable white person , who lived near the scene of this tragedy , in Kingston , that a Negro had died a few days be- fore from severe flogging ...
... four years ago ; but just before I left Jamaica I was very credi- bly informed , by a respectable white person , who lived near the scene of this tragedy , in Kingston , that a Negro had died a few days be- fore from severe flogging ...
Sida 49
... four years since , their masters were paid ten pounds per acre for digging cane - holes , when each Negro could earn them a dollar a day ; but , for the last two or three years , the jobbers have got only six or eight pounds an acre ...
... four years since , their masters were paid ten pounds per acre for digging cane - holes , when each Negro could earn them a dollar a day ; but , for the last two or three years , the jobbers have got only six or eight pounds an acre ...
Sida 70
... four or thirty- five ) will enable them to raise an abundance of provisions , and the remainder will be enough to carry and sell what they do not consume . The owner will then have five clear days of labour from his Negroes , quite ...
... four or thirty- five ) will enable them to raise an abundance of provisions , and the remainder will be enough to carry and sell what they do not consume . The owner will then have five clear days of labour from his Negroes , quite ...
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The West Indies as They are: Or, A Real Picture of Slavery: But More ... Richard Bickell Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1825 |
The West Indies as They are: Or, A Real Picture of Slavery: But More ... Richard Bickell Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1825 |
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Sida 182 - On ne peut se mettre dans l'esprit que Dieu, qui est un être très sage, ait mis une âme, surtout une âme bonne, dans un corps tout noir.
Sida 170 - But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery : and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Sida 135 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honorable; and shalt honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words; Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD...
Sida iii - Tis thou, thrice sweet and gracious goddess, addressing myself to LIBERTY, whom all in public or in private worship, whose taste is grateful, and ever will be so, till NATURE herself shall change no tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle...
Sida 170 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths...
Sida 176 - But necessity is pretended, the name under which every enormity is attempted to be justified; and after all, what is the necessity ? It has never been proved that the land could not be cultivated there, as it is here, by hired servants. It is said that it could not be cultivated with quite the same conveniency and cheapness, as by the labor of slaves ; by which means, a pound of sugar, which the planter now sells for sixpence, could not be afforded under sixpence-halfpenny ; and this is the necessity...
Sida 62 - I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword ; and I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Sida 169 - The truth is, the emancipation of slaves should be gradual, and be carried on by the provisions of law, and under the protection of civil government Christianity can only operate as an alterative. By the mild diffusion of its light and influence, the minds of men are insensibly prepared to perceive and correct the enormities which folly, or wickedness, or accident, have introduced into their public establishments. In this way the Greek and Roman slavery, and, since these, the feudal tyranny, had...
Sida 182 - Les peuples d'Europe ayant exterminé ceux de l'Amérique, ils ont dû mettre en esclavage ceux de l'Afrique, pour s'en servir à défricher tant de terres.
Sida 135 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, From doing thy pleasure on my holy day ; And call the sabbath a delight, The holy of the Lord, honourable; And shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, Nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord ; And I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, And feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.