The History of Jamaica: Or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of that Island: with Reflections on Its Situations, Settlements, Inhabitants, Climate, Products, Commerce, Laws, and Government, Volume 2 |
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Page 120
... trade , as the Negroe - con- tracts with the Spaniards , and the coafting - intercourfe with Spanish ' South - America ; in which it ufed , a few years ago , to employ a great number of fmall veffels . It is likewife feldom vifited by ...
... trade , as the Negroe - con- tracts with the Spaniards , and the coafting - intercourfe with Spanish ' South - America ; in which it ufed , a few years ago , to employ a great number of fmall veffels . It is likewife feldom vifited by ...
Page 386
... trade did not take fo many off . Certain it is , that in many parts of Afia the climate and other circumftances are fo much more favourable than the foil , that whilft the people multiply , the famines destroy ; for this reason , in ...
... trade did not take fo many off . Certain it is , that in many parts of Afia the climate and other circumftances are fo much more favourable than the foil , that whilft the people multiply , the famines destroy ; for this reason , in ...
Page 387
... trade ; in 1621 , when captain Jobfon touched at the river Gambia in the North - west part , the inhabitants offered him feveral flaves in exchange for goods ; but he refufed , alledging " that the English did not trade in them ; " for ...
... trade ; in 1621 , when captain Jobfon touched at the river Gambia in the North - west part , the inhabitants offered him feveral flaves in exchange for goods ; but he refufed , alledging " that the English did not trade in them ; " for ...
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affembly againſt almoſt atmoſphere becauſe befides beſt caufe cauſe climate coaft colonies confequence confiderable confifts courſe diforder diſtance ditto Eaft eftate Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhed expence faid fame fecurity feems fent fervants ferve fervice fettlements fettlers feven feveral fhall fhips fhould fide fince firſt fituation flaves fmall foil fome fometimes foon fpecies ftands ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fugar fupplied fuppofed fupport fure Great-Britain harbour himſelf houfe houſes hundred increaſe inhabitants inſtead iſland Jamaica juftice Kingſton labour land leaſt lefs leſs likewife maſter meaſure miles moft moſt mountains Mulatto muſt neceffary Negroes obferved occafion paffed parish perfons plantations planters poffeffed Port Port Royal prefent provifions purchaſe purpoſe putrid reaſon refidence refpect rifing river Savannah ſeems ſeveral ſhips ſmall ſome Spanish ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand town uſe veffels Weft whofe whoſe