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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... passed into Dutch ownership , being interchanged with New Am- sterdam ( New York ) as a result of the peace terms based on the status quo at the termination of the second Anglo - Dutch War . It has remained part of the Kingdom of the ...
... passed into Dutch ownership , being interchanged with New Am- sterdam ( New York ) as a result of the peace terms based on the status quo at the termination of the second Anglo - Dutch War . It has remained part of the Kingdom of the ...
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... passed the heavy barges that de- parted from Paramaribo on the 5th ; and on the 10th we made the Hope , where having spent so many months , I here present the reader with a view of that estate , and of the estate Clarenbeek , where ...
... passed the heavy barges that de- parted from Paramaribo on the 5th ; and on the 10th we made the Hope , where having spent so many months , I here present the reader with a view of that estate , and of the estate Clarenbeek , where ...
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... passed six - and - thirty hours in dancing , cheering , hallooing , and clapping of hands . The negroes dance always in couples , the men figuring and footing , while the women turn round like a top , their petticoats expanding like an ...
... passed six - and - thirty hours in dancing , cheering , hallooing , and clapping of hands . The negroes dance always in couples , the men figuring and footing , while the women turn round like a top , their petticoats expanding like an ...
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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