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 - 87 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 23
עמוד iv
... most fhamefully impofed on by the mifrepresentation of per- fons grossly ignorant of the British Weft - India pro- perties and proprietors . If it should be asked , from what authorities the author has taken his account of the quantity ...
... most fhamefully impofed on by the mifrepresentation of per- fons grossly ignorant of the British Weft - India pro- perties and proprietors . If it should be asked , from what authorities the author has taken his account of the quantity ...
עמוד vii
... most of the islands , from Barbadoes to Jamaica , particularly qualifies him for . The account he has given , he is fatisfied , will be ac- knowledged by every perfon , acquainted with the West Indies , to be a lefs favourable ...
... most of the islands , from Barbadoes to Jamaica , particularly qualifies him for . The account he has given , he is fatisfied , will be ac- knowledged by every perfon , acquainted with the West Indies , to be a lefs favourable ...
עמוד ix
... , the word flavery conveys an idea in fome measure different from what it raifes in the . mind sof most other people in Europe . But it is to be doubted , b doubted , if the idea entertained by my countrymen can ( ix )
... , the word flavery conveys an idea in fome measure different from what it raifes in the . mind sof most other people in Europe . But it is to be doubted , b doubted , if the idea entertained by my countrymen can ( ix )
עמוד xix
... most of those they pretend to adduce , few of which are better authenticated than Mr. Clark- fon's fable of the iron coffin of Jamaica , are faid to have happened many years ago . Surely people of can- dour will confider this ...
... most of those they pretend to adduce , few of which are better authenticated than Mr. Clark- fon's fable of the iron coffin of Jamaica , are faid to have happened many years ago . Surely people of can- dour will confider this ...
עמוד 7
... 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 - treatment negroes re- ceive from their mafters . Who are they who ...
... 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 - treatment negroes re- ceive from their mafters . Who are they who ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
accufation affertions affiftance Africa againſt alfo alſo amongſt anſwered Barbadoes becauſe beg leave Britain Britiſh cafe cauſe Chriftian commerce confequence confider confiderable confiftent cruelty cultivation Dean of Middleham defire diforders diſeaſe eftates England eſtabliſhed eſtate exercife exift faid falt fame fcarcely fent fervant ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhips fhould fince fituation flavery flaves fociety foldier fome fometimes fterling fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fugar colonies fupply fuppofe fupport furely gentlemen Great-Britain himſelf horfes houfes houſes humanity India induftrious inftance inhabitants intereft iſlands Jamaica labour land laws leaſt lefs liberty mafters Middleham moft moſt muſt myſelf natural increaſe neceffary negroes notwithſtanding obferved occafion Old Jewry paffage paffed paffions parish perfons planters poffible poor prefent provifions publiſhed puniſhment purchaſed purpoſe raiſed rancid reaſonable refide refpect ſay ſcarcely ſhall Slave Trade ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe unleſs uſed verfe Weft Indies Weſt whofe whoſe
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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...
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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...
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.