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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Sida 9
... grounds , and conjointly labour for them- selves and families , till the children arrive at a certain age , when they must provide for them- selves . The vegetables , provisions as they call them , they commonly boil in an iron pot ...
... grounds , and conjointly labour for them- selves and families , till the children arrive at a certain age , when they must provide for them- selves . The vegetables , provisions as they call them , they commonly boil in an iron pot ...
Sida 10
... ground , ) that there is not room for poultry ; and if poor piggy is caught any where , out of durance vile , upon the estate , he is hunted down and killed , stout and ravenous dogs being kept for the purpose . Some few of the head ...
... ground , ) that there is not room for poultry ; and if poor piggy is caught any where , out of durance vile , upon the estate , he is hunted down and killed , stout and ravenous dogs being kept for the purpose . Some few of the head ...
Sida 11
... grounds , in which the Drivers , at times , oblige some of the other Negroes to labour for them . By these means they are enabled to sell more than their fellow - slaves , and do , here and there , lay up a little money : but if any one ...
... grounds , in which the Drivers , at times , oblige some of the other Negroes to labour for them . By these means they are enabled to sell more than their fellow - slaves , and do , here and there , lay up a little money : but if any one ...
Sida 12
... grounds , and on many estates and plantations , they get no extra days at all , so that these few days being wholly insufficient , the Sundays are intruded on , and the Sabbath , therefore , is with most a day of labour instead of a day ...
... grounds , and on many estates and plantations , they get no extra days at all , so that these few days being wholly insufficient , the Sundays are intruded on , and the Sabbath , therefore , is with most a day of labour instead of a day ...
Sida 15
... grounds , and encouraged to attend the places of religious worship , they would then see that the whites took an interest in their comforts , and temporal and eternal wel- fare ; gratitude would then impel the nerves and sinews of ...
... grounds , and encouraged to attend the places of religious worship , they would then see that the whites took an interest in their comforts , and temporal and eternal wel- fare ; gratitude would then impel the nerves and sinews of ...
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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.