Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam: In Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America, from the Years 1772 to 1777 ...University of Massachusetts Press, 1972 - 480 pages |
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Page 66
... immediately marched out to receive him ; in his way they laid themselves in ambush , near the borders of a deep marsh , through which the soldiers were to pass to the rebel settlement . No sooner had the unfortunate men got into the ...
... immediately marched out to receive him ; in his way they laid themselves in ambush , near the borders of a deep marsh , through which the soldiers were to pass to the rebel settlement . No sooner had the unfortunate men got into the ...
Page 107
... immediately removed , or wished for death , which the surgeons declared must be the consequence soon , if I was not permitted to go down , and in the meanwhile I vowed that I should attribute my decease to their unprecedented barbarity ...
... immediately removed , or wished for death , which the surgeons declared must be the consequence soon , if I was not permitted to go down , and in the meanwhile I vowed that I should attribute my decease to their unprecedented barbarity ...
Page 174
... immediately the contents of my letter to Holland , which she received with that gratitude and modesty in her looks which spoke more forcibly than any reply . I introduced her to her new habitation , where the planta- tion slaves , in ...
... immediately the contents of my letter to Holland , which she received with that gratitude and modesty in her looks which spoke more forcibly than any reply . I introduced her to her new habitation , where the planta- tion slaves , in ...
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Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition,: Against the Revolted Negroes of ... John Gabriel Stedman No preview available - 2017 |
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amongst animal appearance arms arrived barge beautiful Berbice bird called camp canoe Captain cassava Chapter Charon Colonel Fourgeoud colour command Cormoetibo Creek Devil's Harwar Dutch enemy Europeans expence extremely feet fire fish forest fruit Governor Guiana hammocks hands head Hope hundred Indians inhabitants instantly Joanna kind La Rochelle leave Lolkens Madeira wine Magdenberg manner Marawina marched morning mouth mulatto musquitoes negro slaves negroes never night o'clock occasion officers orange colour ordered Oronoque Ouca Patamaca perfectly Pirica plantains plantation planters poor pounds sterling pounds weight present Quaco rangers rebel negroes received river Cottica river Surinam round rowed Savannah sent Seramica settlement ships shot sick situation slaves Society troops soldiers Somelsdyk species spot sugar tail thick town of Amsterdam town of Paramaribo tree vessels Wana Creek whole woods wound Zelandia