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 152
... marched the same course again over mountains and dales , some of which were so excessively steep that one or two of the slaves , not being able to ascend them loaded , threw down their burdens , and deserted , not to the enemy , but ...
... marched the same course again over mountains and dales , some of which were so excessively steep that one or two of the slaves , not being able to ascend them loaded , threw down their burdens , and deserted , not to the enemy , but ...
Page 250
... marched in quest of the enemy , with one hundred and forty men of the Society troops , and had actually discovered them ; but in wading through a deep marsh , had been first attacked by the negroes , who had killed several of his people ...
... marched in quest of the enemy , with one hundred and forty men of the Society troops , and had actually discovered them ; but in wading through a deep marsh , had been first attacked by the negroes , who had killed several of his people ...
Page 312
... marched to visit Cofaay , when I perceiving the unhappy negro captive still alive , after removing the branches , he was , at my earnest intercession , once more carried along with us ; but the slaves , being discon- tented with such a ...
... marched to visit Cofaay , when I perceiving the unhappy negro captive still alive , after removing the branches , he was , at my earnest intercession , once more carried along with us ; but the slaves , being discon- tented with such a ...
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amongst Amsterdam animal appearance arms arrived barge beautiful Berbice bird called camp Captain cassava Chapter Charon Colonel Fourgeoud colony of Surinam colour Comewina command corps Cottica river Devil's Harwar Dutch encamped enemy Europeans extremely feet fire fish forest fruit Governor Guiana hammocks hand head Holland Hope hundred Indians inhabitants instantly Joanna kind La Rochelle leave Madeira wine Magdenberg manner Marawina marched mentioned morning mulatto musquitoes negro slaves negroes never night officers ordered Ouca Paramaribo Patamaca perfectly 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 sick skin slaves soldiers species spot Stedman sugar tail thick town of Amsterdam town of Paramaribo tree Vasco Nunes vessels Wana Creek whole woods Zelandia