But it is nevertheless a certain truth that the slaves in general do labor much less, do eat and drink much more, have much more ready money, dress much more gaily, and are treated with more kindness and attention, when sick, than nine-tenths of all the... Six Months in the West Indies, in 1825 - Página 301por Henry Nelson Coleridge - 1826 - 328 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1826 - 624 páginas
...treated with more kindness "and attention, when sick, than • VOL. xxxiu. NO. LXVI. KK nineniue-teuths of- all the people of Great Britain under the condition of tradesmen, farmers and domestic servants. lt does not enter into my head to speak of these things as constituting an equivalent, much less a... | |
| 1826 - 626 páginas
...and are treated with more kindness and attention, when sick, than VOL. XXXIII. NO. LXVI. KK «ln<!. nine-tenths of all the people of Great Britain under the condition of tradesmen, fanners and domestic servants. It does not enter into my head to speak of these things as constituting... | |
| 1828 - 356 páginas
...that the slaves labour less, eat and drink more, have much more ready money, dress better on holidays, and are treated with more kindness and attention when sick, than nine-tenths of the la* bourers of England. Some of that sympathy which had been so largely yielded to the slaves of... | |
| Karl Sapper - 1905 - 426 páginas
...dress much more gaily and are treated with more kindness and attention, when sick, then nine-tenth of all the people of Great Britain under the condition of tradesmen, farmers and domestic servants.Uie Gunst der materiellen Lage hat sich für das Gros der Negerbevölkerung der Kleinen Antillen... | |
| William A. Green - 1991 - 468 páginas
...An anti-slavery author, Henry Coleridge, rendered a common verdict: 'the slaves in general do labour much less, do eat and drink much more, have much more...under the condition of tradesmen, farmers and domestic servants.'122 CONCLUSION Society in the West Indies on the eve of emancipation was something more than... | |
| M.K. Bacchus - 1990 - 433 páginas
...eat and drink much more, have much more ready money, dress much more gaily and are treated with much more kindness and attention when sick than nine-tenths...under the condition of tradesmen, farmers and domestic servants.44 This view was no doubt exaggerated, but even if it described the reality which the slaves... | |
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