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 34
... rebels in the island of Jamaica.— The chief of the Seramica rebels was a Creole negro , called Captain Adoe , who upon this occasion received from the Governor , as a present , a fine large cane , with a silver pummel , on which were ...
... rebels in the island of Jamaica.— The chief of the Seramica rebels was a Creole negro , called Captain Adoe , who upon this occasion received from the Governor , as a present , a fine large cane , with a silver pummel , on which were ...
Page 37
... rebels , previous to the ratification of the peace , for which they now were commissioned finally to treat . At the arrival of the above gentlemen in the rebel camp , at the Jocka Creek , about fifteen miles east of the Tempaty Creek ...
... rebels , previous to the ratification of the peace , for which they now were commissioned finally to treat . At the arrival of the above gentlemen in the rebel camp , at the Jocka Creek , about fifteen miles east of the Tempaty Creek ...
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... rebels , nor gained booty , we never- theless rendered the colony a very essential service , by rooting out this concealed nest of enemies , who being thus discovered and driven away from their capital settlements , never think ( as I ...
... rebels , nor gained booty , we never- theless rendered the colony a very essential service , by rooting out this concealed nest of enemies , who being thus discovered and driven away from their capital settlements , never think ( as I ...
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