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Page 292
... negro were condemned to it as a punishment . Indian slaves were introduced in 1652. There were also some white bond - servants , who appear to have been political prisoners , both Irish and Scotch , who had been sent to the plantations ...
... negro were condemned to it as a punishment . Indian slaves were introduced in 1652. There were also some white bond - servants , who appear to have been political prisoners , both Irish and Scotch , who had been sent to the plantations ...
Page 314
... negro is seldom or never seen . They take life very easily , and can live upon very little . They seem to have been treated kindly by their masters when they were slaves , and after being accorded their freedom , many being incapable of ...
... negro is seldom or never seen . They take life very easily , and can live upon very little . They seem to have been treated kindly by their masters when they were slaves , and after being accorded their freedom , many being incapable of ...
Page 332
... negro popu- lation , which is so dense that Barbados is probably the most thickly populated island in the world . There are no less than 186,000 persons , giving 1120 to the square mile . The negro's house is simplicity itself . It is ...
... negro popu- lation , which is so dense that Barbados is probably the most thickly populated island in the world . There are no less than 186,000 persons , giving 1120 to the square mile . The negro's house is simplicity itself . It is ...
Page 333
... negro can occasionally attain to the highest and most responsible positions , may be adduced the fact that the Chief - Justice of the island , Sir W. C. Reeves , is a full - blooded negro . He has absolute jurisdiction over black and ...
... negro can occasionally attain to the highest and most responsible positions , may be adduced the fact that the Chief - Justice of the island , Sir W. C. Reeves , is a full - blooded negro . He has absolute jurisdiction over black and ...
Page 339
... negro reaches , moreover , a higher level as an independent cultivator than as a labourer , treated , alas ! too often not as fairly as if he were protected by a powerful trades - union . It is thus seen that in Trinidad the experiment ...
... negro reaches , moreover , a higher level as an independent cultivator than as a labourer , treated , alas ! too often not as fairly as if he were protected by a powerful trades - union . It is thus seen that in Trinidad the experiment ...
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