The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies, Volume 2James Humphreys, 1806 |
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... Africa . - Observations thereon . — Objec- tions to a direct and immediate abolition of the trade by the British nation only . The probable consequences of such a measure , both in Africa and the West Indies , considered ...
... Africa . - Observations thereon . — Objec- tions to a direct and immediate abolition of the trade by the British nation only . The probable consequences of such a measure , both in Africa and the West Indies , considered ...
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... Africa in each year , from 1700 , together with the total exports to Africa in each year , during the same periods ; distinguishing the value of the British , India , and Foreign goods ; to which are added the quantity and value of each ...
... Africa in each year , from 1700 , together with the total exports to Africa in each year , during the same periods ; distinguishing the value of the British , India , and Foreign goods ; to which are added the quantity and value of each ...
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... Africa Total 243 26,917 1942 137,766 o 16415489 13,489 £ . · s . d 66 11,221 833130,242 0 16 28689 1,089 28 2,114 O 이 252001 124 5,437 2 18 2,640,725 240 O 65,255 5 O O 2,668 o 0213400 700 2,742 0 0146100 I1,700 2000 9 o o O London ...
... Africa Total 243 26,917 1942 137,766 o 16415489 13,489 £ . · s . d 66 11,221 833130,242 0 16 28689 1,089 28 2,114 O 이 252001 124 5,437 2 18 2,640,725 240 O 65,255 5 O O 2,668 o 0213400 700 2,742 0 0146100 I1,700 2000 9 o o O London ...
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... Africa 41 89 203O 3964 185,709 10 II 13,981 12 6 2,053 14 3 12,396 19 0 . Total from Mont- 352 7 6 1,363 3 5 214,141 16 8 ferrat and Nevis To Great Britain 6,561 2 American States 2,313 6 18 50 4 Br . Am . Colonie 10 5 Fo . Weft Indies ...
... Africa 41 89 203O 3964 185,709 10 II 13,981 12 6 2,053 14 3 12,396 19 0 . Total from Mont- 352 7 6 1,363 3 5 214,141 16 8 ferrat and Nevis To Great Britain 6,561 2 American States 2,313 6 18 50 4 Br . Am . Colonie 10 5 Fo . Weft Indies ...
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... Africa and such of the states of Eu- rope as are concerned in it : this will constitute what remains of the present chapter . In the next I shall offer some thoughts on the negro charac- ter and disposition : after which I shall treat ...
... Africa and such of the states of Eu- rope as are concerned in it : this will constitute what remains of the present chapter . In the next I shall offer some thoughts on the negro charac- ter and disposition : after which I shall treat ...
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acres Africa afterwards Antigua ants appear apprehended assembly authority aforesaid Barbadoes Britain British British West Indies called canes captain cause Charaibes chief CHIG Christopher's circumstances colony conviction council Count D'Estaing court crown cultivation death Dominica duty earl of Carlisle England English ERSITY estates exported French further enacted Gold coast governor grant Grenada groes hereby hogsheads honour hundred inhabitants Jamaica justices and vestry king Koromantyn labour lands Leeward Islands lord majesty majesty's Mandingoes manner master ment MICHI mulatto nation natives negroes neral oath Obeah observed offence overseer owner parish peace penalty plantation planters possession possessor pounds present produce proprietor punishment purchase quantity received runaway sent ships SITY slave or slaves slavery sold species sterling suffer sugar thereof thousand tion Tortola town trade trial UNIV West Indian West Indies Whidah white person whole workhouse
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Página 206 - ... 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.
Página 367 - ... forcibly separated from his wife and children, dragged to public auction, purchased by a stranger, and perhaps sent to terminate his miserable existence in the mines of Mexico; excluded for ever from the light of heaven! and all this without any crime or imprudence on his part, real or pretended. He is punished because his master is unfortunate.
Página 34 - the prohibition was extended also to the mother country: and no goods were suffered to be imported into England, or any of its dependencies, in any other than English bottoms ; or in the ships of that European nation of which the merchandize imported was the genuine growth or manufacture. At the restoration the former provisions were continued, by statute 12 Car. II. cl 8. with this very material improvement, that the master and three-fourths of the mariners shall also be English subjects.
Página 206 - The fact is so ; and these people of the southern colonies are much more strongly, and with a higher and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty, than those to the northward.
Página 231 - 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.
Página 302 - In the year 1760, when a very formidable insurrection of the Koromantyn or Gold Coast negroes broke out in the parish of St. Mary, and spread through almost every other district of the island, an old...
Página 51 - 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...
Página 30 - ... assurance that your excellency will take such course for the collecting and gathering of the said impost, without any charge, duty or fees, as may be most for the ease of the people of this island. Provided nevertheless, That neither this act, nor any thing therein contained, shall extend or be construed to bar his majesty, or his said...