Chronological History of the West Indies, Volumen3Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1827 |
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... colony of St. Bartholemew . All Swedish subjects were permitted to become subscribers , which entitled them to use ... colonies of Essequibo and Demerary , although 75,000 had been imported in the last forty - two years , exclusive of ...
... colony of St. Bartholemew . All Swedish subjects were permitted to become subscribers , which entitled them to use ... colonies of Essequibo and Demerary , although 75,000 had been imported in the last forty - two years , exclusive of ...
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... colonies , from return to order of House of Commons , May the 5th , 1806 , for 1787 : - 154,066 hhds . of sugar ... colony in St. Domingo freighted , for Europe alone , 470 ships , which contained 112,253 tons , and em- ployed in ...
... colonies , from return to order of House of Commons , May the 5th , 1806 , for 1787 : - 154,066 hhds . of sugar ... colony in St. Domingo freighted , for Europe alone , 470 ships , which contained 112,253 tons , and em- ployed in ...
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... colony was thought excessive ; and it was with difficulty six were allowed their seats among the national ... colonists declared it was calculated to convert their contented Negroes into implacable enemies , and render the whole country ...
... colony was thought excessive ; and it was with difficulty six were allowed their seats among the national ... colonists declared it was calculated to convert their contented Negroes into implacable enemies , and render the whole country ...
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... colony should itself adopt and enforce the measure . Large bodies of Mulattoes , determined to claim the full benefit of all the privileges enjoyed by the Whites , appeared in arms in different parts of the country ; but acting without ...
... colony should itself adopt and enforce the measure . Large bodies of Mulattoes , determined to claim the full benefit of all the privileges enjoyed by the Whites , appeared in arms in different parts of the country ; but acting without ...
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... for the planter to import Negroes from Africa than to rear an infant in the colony . That these profits were abominable , as they were the price of Imperial Magazine , vol . i . p . 863 . 1789. ] 31 OF THE WEST INDIES .
... for the planter to import Negroes from Africa than to rear an infant in the colony . That these profits were abominable , as they were the price of Imperial Magazine , vol . i . p . 863 . 1789. ] 31 OF THE WEST INDIES .
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Página 244 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities, of citizens of the United States ; and, in the mean time, they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Página 340 - HAVE the honour to enclose, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the copy of a letter...
Página 230 - Sir, — I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that...
Página 575 - January 9th, 1815. SIR, During the days of the 6th and 7th, the enemy had been actively employed in making preparations for an attack on my lines. With infinite labour they had succeeded on the night of the 7th, in getting their boats across from the lake to the river,, by widening and deepening the canal on which they had effected 456 their disembarkation.
Página 576 - Upwards of 300 have already been delivered over for burial ; and my men are still engaged in picking them up within my lines and carrying them to the point where the enemy are to receive them. This is in addition to the dead and wounded whom the enemy have been enabled to carry from the field, during and since the action, and to those who have since died of the wounds they received. We have taken about 500 prisoners, upwards of 300 of whom are wounded, and a great part of them mortaHjr.
Página 524 - And whereas the Senate of the United States have approved of the said arrangement and recommended that it should be carried into effect, the same having also received the sanction of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His...
Página 327 - Spartel in sight, but no French fleet, nor any information about them. How sorrowful this makes me ! but I cannot help myself.
Página 158 - Maitland, previous to the disembarkation of his troops, returned the visit at Toussaint's camp ; and such was his confidence in the integrity of his character, that he proceeded through a considerable extent of country, full of armed negroes, with only three attendants. Roume, the French commissioner, wrote a letter to Toussaint on this occasion, advising him to seize his guest, as an act of duty to the republic. On the route, General Maitland was secretly informed of Roume's treachery ; but in full...
Página 576 - Simultaneously with his advance upon my lines, he had thrown over in his boats a considerable force to the other side of the river. These, having landed, were hardy enough to advance against the works of General Morgan, and, what is strange and difficult to account for, at the very moment when their entire discomfiture was looked for with a confidence approaching to certainty, the Kentucky reinforcements...
Página 611 - The present additional article shall have the same force and validity as if it were inserted, word for word, in the Treaty signed this day. it shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at the same time.