Chronological History of the West Indies, Volumen3Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1827 |
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... army , and men in office of a lower rank than formerly , to augment their number : so that the minister , in the name of the court , met with less contradiction , and governed the colony with less difficulty . The inhabitants of the ...
... army , and men in office of a lower rank than formerly , to augment their number : so that the minister , in the name of the court , met with less contradiction , and governed the colony with less difficulty . The inhabitants of the ...
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... army , tax - gatherers , and all the persons belonging to the courts of civil and criminal jurisdiction , beheld with indignation and dread this great and sudden revolution , and the planters were not united among themselves . The ...
... army , tax - gatherers , and all the persons belonging to the courts of civil and criminal jurisdiction , beheld with indignation and dread this great and sudden revolution , and the planters were not united among themselves . The ...
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... army to conquer their country . Mr. Baxter endeavoured to con- vince the Caribs of the falsehood of these reports ; but their conti- nued sullenness convinced him that it was high time to hasten out of the country with Mrs. Baxter ...
... army to conquer their country . Mr. Baxter endeavoured to con- vince the Caribs of the falsehood of these reports ; but their conti- nued sullenness convinced him that it was high time to hasten out of the country with Mrs. Baxter ...
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... army , encamped at Roçou . A war of extermination was carried on by both parties . The rebels had great quantities of ammunition , which the Negroes had stolen from the royal arsenal in the town of Cape François , and secretly con ...
... army , encamped at Roçou . A war of extermination was carried on by both parties . The rebels had great quantities of ammunition , which the Negroes had stolen from the royal arsenal in the town of Cape François , and secretly con ...
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... army joined him . No outrage was offered to the inhabitants - the women and children sat at their doors to see the soldiers pass . One instance occurred of an attempt to pillage : the offender was immediately hung at the gate of the ...
... army joined him . No outrage was offered to the inhabitants - the women and children sat at their doors to see the soldiers pass . One instance occurred of an attempt to pillage : the offender was immediately hung at the gate of the ...
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Admiral anchored Annual Register arms army arrived artillery assembly attack Barbadoes Batavian republic battery boats brig Britannic Majesty British Cape François capitulation Captain captured carried Cochrane Coke's West Indies Colonel colony colour command conduct crew Curaçoa Dessalines dispatch Domingo Dominica Edinburgh Annual enemy enemy's English fire flag force France French frigate garrison governor Grenada Guadaloupe guns harbour Hayti honour immediately Indian Slavery inhabitants island Jamaica King land letter Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Lord lordships Majesty's ship Majesty's sloop Major-General March marines Maroons Martinico master Methodists morning Mulattoes Naval Chronicle Negroes night o'clock officers persons plantations Port Port Royal Port-au-Prince possession pounders present prisoners privateer Rear-Admiral received regiment Royal sail schooner seamen sent shore slave trade sloop Spaniards Spanish squadron sugar Surinam surrender taken tion Tortola Toussaint town treaty Trinidad troops vessels
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Página 224 - 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 210 - SIR, I HAVE the honour to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that the...
Página 546 - Whereas the traffic in slaves is irreconcilable with the principles of humanity and justice, and whereas both His Majesty and the United States are desirous of continuing their efforts to promote its entire abolition, it is hereby agreed that both the contracting parties shall use their best endeavors to accomplish so desirable an object.
Página 589 - 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 502 - 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 493 - Ronde. Vast globular bodies of fire were seen projected from the fiery furnace, and bursting, fell back into it, or over it, on the surrounding bushes, which were instantly set in flames. About four hours from the lava boiling over the crater, it reached the sea, as we could observe from the reflection of the fire and the electric flashes attending it.
Página 554 - 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 419 - I am fully persuaded, had the ambition of the enemy permitted him to make a bolder attack, the result would have been still more favourable to his Majesty's arms.
Página 561 - 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.
Página 492 - ... unable to keep themselves on the wing ; the cattle were starving for want of food, as not a blade of grass, or a leaf, was now to be found ; the sea was much discoloured, but in...