Chronological History of the West Indies, Volumen3Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1827 |
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... passed , October 18th , 1784 , " for regulating the fees of the clerk of the market , and authorising him to take eighteen pence for every slave he shall flog , whether it be ordered by the magistrate or owner . " The inhabitants voted ...
... passed , October 18th , 1784 , " for regulating the fees of the clerk of the market , and authorising him to take eighteen pence for every slave he shall flog , whether it be ordered by the magistrate or owner . " The inhabitants voted ...
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... passed this year in Antigua , a jury of six white inha- bitants were ordered for the trial of capital offences . This was probably the first institution of the kind in the West Indies , and its operation was limited to three years ...
... passed this year in Antigua , a jury of six white inha- bitants were ordered for the trial of capital offences . This was probably the first institution of the kind in the West Indies , and its operation was limited to three years ...
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... passed , prohibiting such practices . The King's prerogative is a fountain of mercy , and not of torture ; and the West India governors , to whom it is delegated , should have no power to order or permit these " exemplary deaths , " or ...
... passed , prohibiting such practices . The King's prerogative is a fountain of mercy , and not of torture ; and the West India governors , to whom it is delegated , should have no power to order or permit these " exemplary deaths , " or ...
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... passed this year , enacts , " That if any white or free person shall be convicted of maiming , defacing , or mutilating , or cruelly torturing , any slave , he shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three months , or fined in any ...
... passed this year , enacts , " That if any white or free person shall be convicted of maiming , defacing , or mutilating , or cruelly torturing , any slave , he shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three months , or fined in any ...
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... passed , November 3d , which directs , that slaves are not to be compelled ( except in carrying on such manu- factures as require night or extra labour ) to work until day - break , nor at their times of breakfast or dining , nor after ...
... passed , November 3d , which directs , that slaves are not to be compelled ( except in carrying on such manu- factures as require night or extra labour ) to work until day - break , nor at their times of breakfast or dining , nor after ...
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Chronological History of the West Indies: In Three Volumes, Volumen3 Thomas Southey Vista completa - 1827 |
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