A Treatise Upon the Trade from Great-Britain to Africa: Humbly Recommended to the Attention of Government. By an African Merchant |
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Page 22
... settlement , and twenty - five leagues further on , another called Biffeaux belonging to the fame people , whose indolence makes them rather take a profit for letting others trade , than put themselves to the fatigue of it . There are ...
... settlement , and twenty - five leagues further on , another called Biffeaux belonging to the fame people , whose indolence makes them rather take a profit for letting others trade , than put themselves to the fatigue of it . There are ...
Page 56
... settled by the laws of the colony ' ; and that on the other hand , negroes convicted of idlenefs , neglecting their master's business , or abfenting themselves from their fervice , fhall be liable to fuch pains and punish- ments as the ...
... settled by the laws of the colony ' ; and that on the other hand , negroes convicted of idlenefs , neglecting their master's business , or abfenting themselves from their fervice , fhall be liable to fuch pains and punish- ments as the ...
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... settled and provided for ; and that these general orders fhall have the force of a law , where they are not contrary to the intent and meaning of the legislature , or the general interest and emolument of the African trade . And be it ...
... settled and provided for ; and that these general orders fhall have the force of a law , where they are not contrary to the intent and meaning of the legislature , or the general interest and emolument of the African trade . And be it ...
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... but thefe authors deal in reveries , and feem fubject and the climate they treat upon . entirely ignorant both of the According to Ligon's account , the " the English , who first settled at Barbadoes about 22 [ B. ] APPENDIX . K.
... but thefe authors deal in reveries , and feem fubject and the climate they treat upon . entirely ignorant both of the According to Ligon's account , the " the English , who first settled at Barbadoes about 22 [ B. ] APPENDIX . K.
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... settled at Barbadoes about the year 1625 , found the woods fo thick , most of the trees fo large and mafilve , that they were unable to clear the ground of them ; by which means , he says , that twenty years afterwards he found potatoes ...
... settled at Barbadoes about the year 1625 , found the woods fo thick , most of the trees fo large and mafilve , that they were unable to clear the ground of them ; by which means , he says , that twenty years afterwards he found potatoes ...
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Page 7 - 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 8 - For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for...
Page 21 - ... and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the LAMB...
Page 20 - Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant. Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
Page 7 - And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
Page 7 - For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
Page 6 - I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free': Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.
Page 16 - We have granted also, and given to all the freemen of our realm, for us and our Heirs for ever...
Page 8 - Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Page 5 - Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us" and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh; and give us seed, that we may live and not die, that the land be not desolate.