Considerations on Negro Slavery: With Authentic Reports, Illustrative of the Actual Condition of the Negroes in Demerara. Also ... in TrinidadLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824 - 338 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 94 - Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between thee and me ; is not the whole land before thee ? Separate thyself I pray thee from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or, if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
الصفحة 253 - And it is further ordered and declared, that it is and shall / •. henceforth be illegal for any person or persons within the said island of Trinidad, to carry any whip, cat, or other instrument of the like nature, while superintending the labour of any slave or slaves in or upon
الصفحة 253 - instigate, procure, or be aiding, assisting, or abetting in any such illegal driving or use or exhibition of any such whip, cat, or other instrument as aforesaid, shall be and be deemed, adjudged, and taken to be guilty of a misdemeanour, and being thereof convicted shall suffer such punishment
الصفحة 253 - and in case any person or persons shall carry any whip, cat, or other instrument of the like nature, while superintending the labour of any slave or slaves in or upon any plantation or cane piece within the said island, or shall use any such whip, cat, or other instrument as aforesaid, for the purpose of impelling or coercing any
الصفحة 105 - they depended. They were conveyed, together with the lands on which they were settled, from one proprietor to another, and were bound to cultivate the ground, and to perform several kinds of servile work. Others
الصفحة 239 - to them. God had made them of the same " flesh and blood as the whites; that they " were tired of being slaves to them ; that their " good king had sent orders that they should be " free, and that they would not work any more.
الصفحة 253 - to perform any labour of any kind or nature whatever, or to carry or exhibit upon any plantation, or elsewhere, any such whip, cat, or other instrument of the like nature, as a mark or emblem of the authority of the person or persons so carrying or exhibiting the same over any slave or slaves ; and in case any person or persons shall
الصفحة iii - CONSIDERATIONS ON NEGRO SLAVERY. WITH AUTHENTIC REPORTS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE ACTUAL CONDITION OF THE NEGROES IN DEMERARA. ALSO, AN EXAMINATION INTO THE PROPRIETY AND EFFICACY OF THE REGULATIONS CONTAINED IN THE LATE ORDER IN COUNCIL NOW IN OPERATION IN TRINIDAD. , TO WHICH
الصفحة 104 - with all their issue born, or hereafter to " be born ; so as the said two persons, with their " issue, shall henceforth be deemed by us and " our heirs free, and of free condition.
الصفحة 105 - nearly resembling in condition those peasants who, under various denominations, were considered, during the prevalence of the feudal system, as instruments of labour attached to the soil. The