Chronological History of the West Indies, Volumen3Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1827 |
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... arrived from St. Lucia , at Roseau , to take possession of the island , which Du Beaupe , the French governor , refused to de- liver up , and ordered the British troops to depart . This their commander refused to do ; and he was at last ...
... arrived from St. Lucia , at Roseau , to take possession of the island , which Du Beaupe , the French governor , refused to de- liver up , and ordered the British troops to depart . This their commander refused to do ; and he was at last ...
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... arrived at Liverpool from Dominica . In her passage she saved the crew of the Charming Molly , bound from Bermudas to Brougham's Colonial Policy , book i . sect . 3. p . 498 . Report of the Lords of the Committee , 1789 , Spain ...
... arrived at Liverpool from Dominica . In her passage she saved the crew of the Charming Molly , bound from Bermudas to Brougham's Colonial Policy , book i . sect . 3. p . 498 . Report of the Lords of the Committee , 1789 , Spain ...
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... arrived in the West Indies as captain of the Pegasus frigate . In Barbadoes , there were 16,167 Whites , 833 free people of colour , and 62,115 Negro slaves , this year . From the custom - house returns to the House of Commons , it ...
... arrived in the West Indies as captain of the Pegasus frigate . In Barbadoes , there were 16,167 Whites , 833 free people of colour , and 62,115 Negro slaves , this year . From the custom - house returns to the House of Commons , it ...
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... arrived at Versailles in June , about a month after the states - general had declared themselves the National Assembly . Eighteen deputies from one colony was thought excessive ; and it was with difficulty six were allowed their seats ...
... arrived at Versailles in June , about a month after the states - general had declared themselves the National Assembly . Eighteen deputies from one colony was thought excessive ; and it was with difficulty six were allowed their seats ...
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... arrived at Grenada . He waited upon General Mathews , the governor ; who , after inquiring what doctrines he taught , and by what principles he was governed , declared his earnest wish that the Negroes might be fully instructed in the ...
... arrived at Grenada . He waited upon General Mathews , the governor ; who , after inquiring what doctrines he taught , and by what principles he was governed , declared his earnest wish that the Negroes might be fully instructed in the ...
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Página 246 - 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 613 - 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.
Página 167 - Trust not the masters of slaves in legislation for slavery. However specious their laws may appear, depend upon it they must be ineffectual in their operation. It is in the nature of things that they should be so. Let then the British House of Commons do their part themselves. Let them not delegate the trust of doing it to those who cannot execute that trust fairly. Let the evil be remedied by an assembly of freemen, by the Government of a free people, not by the masters of slaves.
Página 526 - 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 329 - Spartel in sight, but no French fleet, nor any information about them. How sorrowful this makes me ! but I cannot help myself.
Página 578 - 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 578 - This unfortunate route, had totally changed the aspect of affairs. The enemy now occupied a position from which they might annoy us without hazard, and by means of which they might have been enabled to defeat, in a great measure, the effects of our success on this side of the river.
Página 564 - If you comply with either of these offers, whatever provisions you send down will be paid for in dollars, and the safety of the persons bringing it, as well as the free navigation of the Mississippi, guarantied to you.
Página 392 - ... in the morning, or later than sun-set in the evening, under the penalty of such punishment by fine, not exceeding...
Página 585 - February, 1810, being founded on circumstances of a temporary nature, which have happily ceased to exist, the said Treaty is hereby declared to be void in all its parts and of no effect; without prejudice, however, to the ancient Treaties of Alliance, Friendship, and Guarantee, which hare so long and so happily subsisted between the Two Crowns, and which are hereby renewed by the High Contracting Parties, and acknowledged to be of full force and effect.