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 vii
... slave labor . gular trade system the slaves were bartered on the west coast for goods produced in the Low Countries , then shipped to Surin where the staple products raised by their hands were carried to th country . The Dutch were ...
... slave labor . gular trade system the slaves were bartered on the west coast for goods produced in the Low Countries , then shipped to Surin where the staple products raised by their hands were carried to th country . The Dutch were ...
Page viii
... Slaves could , moreover , bear no witness against slave - masters before the courts . Most of the crimes against slaves went unpunished or were only very mildly pun- ished . It is difficult to assess how wide spread cruelty towards the ...
... Slaves could , moreover , bear no witness against slave - masters before the courts . Most of the crimes against slaves went unpunished or were only very mildly pun- ished . It is difficult to assess how wide spread cruelty towards the ...
Page 373
... slaves , as I have stated ; from which if we subtract children , and superannuated men and women , there will not be found above 50,000 really fit for labour . There are from six to twelve Guinea ships , that import from 250 to 300 slaves ...
... slaves , as I have stated ; from which if we subtract children , and superannuated men and women , there will not be found above 50,000 really fit for labour . There are from six to twelve Guinea ships , that import from 250 to 300 slaves ...
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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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