The West Indies in 1837: Being the Journal of a Visit to Antigua, Monsterrat, Dominica, St. Lucia, Barbadoes, and Jamaica : Undertaken for the Purpose of Ascertaining the Actual Condition of the Negro Population of Those IslandsHamilton, Adams, and Company, Paternoster-Row, 1838 - 476 sider |
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The West Indies in 1837: Being the Journal of a Visit to Antigua, Monsterrat ... Joseph Sturge,Thomas Harvey Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1838 |
The West Indies in 1837: Being the Journal of a Visit to Antigua, Montserrat ... Joseph Sturge,Thomas Harvey Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1838 |
The West Indies in 1837: Being the Journal of a Visit to Antigua, Montserrat ... Joseph Sturge,Thomas Harvey Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1838 |
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Side 327 - Behold the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth ; and the cries of them which have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
Side 321 - Court, to the person or persons who would for the time being have been entitled to the rents and profits of the said lands, tenements, and hereditaments so hereby directed to be purchased, in case such purchase or settlement were made.
Side 330 - ... then, and in that case, the masters, owners, or possessors, do, by some other ways and means, make good and ample provision for all such slaves as they shall be possessed of, equal to the value of two shillings and six-pence currency per week for each slave, in order that they may be properly supported and maintained, under the penalty of fifty pounds.
Side 135 - Metcalf had formerly experienced, afforded a satisfactory proof of the change which had taken place in the sentiments of the Maharajah towards the British Government. In March, 1813, Shah Shooja again came to Lahore, his wife (who was already there,) having assured her husband that he would find a friend in the ruler of the Punjaub. But he had no sooner arrived, than a demand was made upon him to surrender the
Side 349 - ... be anticipated, that the condition and resources of an agricultural labourer, working for regular wages, will be, as they are in England, superior to those of the petty agriculturist, cultivating his little plot of land with the labour of his own hands; and it is evident, therefore, that the negroes will generally prefer working on the estates. Their strong attachment to the place of their birth, to their houses, gardens, to the graves of their parents and kindred, exceeding what has been recorded...
Side 16 - In looking over a congregation of blacks, it is not difficult to lose the impression of their colour. There is among them the same diversity of countenance and complexion as among Europeans; and it is doing violence to one's own feelings, to suppose for a moment that they are not made of the same blood as ourselves.
Side 351 - We are unable, within our allotted limits, even to attempt to render justice to missionary efforts in Jamaica. Representation cannot picture the happy results of these efforts, description can convey no idea of their excellence and magnitude. A few years ago the negroes were heathen and benighted ; now they are to a great extent enlightened and Christian. The sabbath, once desecrated, is now devoted to public prayer and thanksgiving, and to the enjoyment of Christian communion.
Side 224 - ... overseer. We did not find them very communicative. They said, however, that they had a kind master and mistress (Lord and Lady HOLLAND;) and, when free, which they wished might be to-morrow, they should be glad to remain on the estate and work for wages, rather than leave their houses and grounds to begin the world again. We asked them whether the Special Magistrate heard both sides fairly when they were brought before him. They replied...
Side 44 - A negro will sometimes go to the storekeeper to huy a gallon of molasses, and though this retail sale is at present more troublesome than profitable to proprietors, it will eventually become a source of revenue to them. The reduction of medical expenses is considerable. The estate hospitals have become useless. On a Monday morning, during slavery, the doctor would find eight, ten, or even twenty in the sick-house. Now he has comparatively nothing to do. He is paid one-third less per head than before...
Side 319 - We entreat his majesty's ministers not to contemplate any imperfect measure of emancipation : we are deeply convinced that the negro must be fully restored to his rights, and that no scheme of emancipation which would leave him half a slave and half a freeman, would tend materially either to his own benefit, or to the tranquillity of the colonies.