Observations, Occasioned by the Attempts Made in England to Effect the Abolition of the Slave Trade: Shewing, the Manner in which Negroes are Treated in the British Colonies in the West-Indies : and Also, Some Particular Remarks on a Letter Addressed to the Treasurer of the Society for Effecting Such Abolition, from the Rev. Robert Boucher Nicholls ...Kingston, Jamaica, printed. London: reprinted at the Logographic Press, and sold by J. Walter; C. Stalker; and W. Richardson, 1789 - Enslaved persons - 87 pages |
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Page iii
... Several copies of it were tranfmitted , not only by many of the principal planters to their friends and correfpondents , but by the Honourable the Committee of both Houfes of Legislature of the Island , appointed to correfpond with ...
... Several copies of it were tranfmitted , not only by many of the principal planters to their friends and correfpondents , but by the Honourable the Committee of both Houfes of Legislature of the Island , appointed to correfpond with ...
Page 7
... Several of them have lived in the Weft Indies ; have received the most hofpitable and kind treatment from those whom they now traduce ; and knew , of a certainty , the falfity of the shocking accounts they have propagated of the ill ...
... Several of them have lived in the Weft Indies ; have received the most hofpitable and kind treatment from those whom they now traduce ; and knew , of a certainty , the falfity of the shocking accounts they have propagated of the ill ...
Page 44
... several days together , after the landing of the troops , offered an handful of gold to any negro who would fhew him the roads through the country , no one could be found who would undertake to be their guide . I doubt much if such an ...
... several days together , after the landing of the troops , offered an handful of gold to any negro who would fhew him the roads through the country , no one could be found who would undertake to be their guide . I doubt much if such an ...
Page 47
... several generations ; and , as the tale you have told is totally deftitute of evidence to fupport it , I hope you will not be offended with me , if I can no further confider the matter related , as a fact , than as it may appear ...
... several generations ; and , as the tale you have told is totally deftitute of evidence to fupport it , I hope you will not be offended with me , if I can no further confider the matter related , as a fact , than as it may appear ...
Page 49
... several years before and after , the estates in that colony were not in fuch a manner over - run with the cane ant , black blaft , or other vermin , as to render them generally unproductive , fo that with every care a man could take ...
... several years before and after , the estates in that colony were not in fuch a manner over - run with the cane ant , black blaft , or other vermin , as to render them generally unproductive , fo that with every care a man could take ...
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Page xx - And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh : and his brethren were content.
Page xx - Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Page 65 - But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners...
Page 69 - And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one ; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
Page 2 - ... after that he is sold he may be redeemed again ; one of his brethren may redeem him : either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him ; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
Page 1 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you to inherit them for a possession ; they shall be your bondmen for ever : but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Page xx - Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father.
Page 65 - Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully...
Page 22 - And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand ; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished : for he is his money.
Page xx - Egypt. 26 And Judah faid unto his Brethren, What Profit is it if we flay our Brother, and conceal his Blood ? 27 Come, and let us fell him to the IfhmeeHtes, and let not our Hand be upon him ; for he is our Brother, and our Flefh : and his Brethren were content.