Histoire de l'île de la Trinidad sous le gouvernement espagnol: ptie. Colonisation, 1622-1797

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Página 210 - La première clameur passée , chacun trouva que tout était pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles , qui certes doit être le monde judiciaire.
Página 416 - There being some officers among His Catholic Majesty's troops, whose private affairs require their presence at different places of the continent of America, such officers are permitted to go upon their parole to the said places for six months, more or less, after which period they are to return to Europe ; but as the number receiving this indulgence must be limited, his Excellency Don Chacon will previously deliver to the British commanders a list of their names, ranks, and places which they are...
Página 395 - Masters of slaves shall be obliged every year to deliver into the justice of the Town or Village in the district of which their Estates are situated a List signed and sworn to by them of all the slaves which they have, with distinction of sexes and ages, in order that the notary of the...
Página 393 - As masters of slaves are obliged to maintain them, to educate, and to employ them, in useful work, proportioned to their strength, age, and sex, without forsaking their children and those who are old and sickly, so, on the other hand, there is an obligation on slaves to obey and respect their masters and the stewards, to perform the work which is given them to do, conformable to their strength, and to venerate them as heads of the family. Thus he who will not fulfil any of those obligations must...
Página 395 - ... it may be noted in the book, in order to avoid all suspicion of having been killed; and if the master does not fulfil this, he shall be obliged fully to prove either the absence of the slave or his natural death, for, on the contrary, a law-suit will be commenced against him. "Chapter 13.—Method of investigating the Excesses of Masters or Stewards.
Página 396 - ... whether every thing be observed which is ordered in the foregoing chapters, informing the said justices of it, who must apply the remedy ; and it is likewise declared to be a popular action, that of informing against a master or his steward for not having fulfilled one or the whole of the said chapters, as the name of the informer shall not be made known, and he shall have the part of the fine which he is entitled to, without being responsible in any other case than in that where it is proved...
Página 393 - ... but must encourage matrimony. Neither must he hinder them from marrying with slaves of other masters; in which case, if the estates are distant from one another, so that the...
Página 417 - SIR, I HAVE the honour to acquaint you, for the information of their...
Página 371 - Don Carlos por la gracia de Dios, Rey de Castilla de León de Aragón de las dos Cicilias de Jerusalen de Navarra de Granada de Toledo, de Valencia, de Galicia de Mayorca. de Sevilla, de Cerdeña.

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