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 are Added, Suggestions on the Proper Mode of Ameliorating the Condition of the SlavesLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1825 - 340 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 94 - 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 255 - 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 255 - 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 as is hereinafter provided.
الصفحة 255 - 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 115 - which prevails in the government of Indostan " throughout all ranks of the people, from the " highest even to the lowest subject of the empire. " Every head of a village calls his habitation the " Durbar, and plunders of their meal and roots " the wretches of his precinct. From him the " zemindar extorts the small pittance of silver " which his penurious tyranny has scraped
الصفحة 106 - Cornwall, together 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 255 - 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 116 - from these acquisitions, he purchases security " from his superiors, or maintains it against them " at the expense of a war. Subject to such
الصفحة 107 - were reduced to the lowest form of subjection, " that of domestic servitude, and felt the utmost " rigour of that wretched state. Their condition
الصفحة 113 - These ministers of justice are called the " Catwall, and a building bearing the same name " is allotted for their constant resort. At this " place are perpetually heard the clamours of the