An Essay On Colonization, Particularly Applied To The Western Coast Of Africa, With Some Free Thoughts On Cultivation And Commerce: Also Brief Descriptions Of The Colonies Already Formed, Or Attempted, In Africa, Including Those Of Sierra Leona And Bulama : In Two Parts, Volume 1 |
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Page 79
Another objection is , that " some estates , or rather some fields ( for it is scarcely
true of any whole sugar estate ) are too steep or too rocky to admit of the plough .
” — But this cannot be urged against ploughing land that is not too steep and too
...
Another objection is , that " some estates , or rather some fields ( for it is scarcely
true of any whole sugar estate ) are too steep or too rocky to admit of the plough .
” — But this cannot be urged against ploughing land that is not too steep and too
...
Page 83
In the East Indies , the sugar - cane is raised by free- In the East Indies canes
men , with the plough , in very great abundance . Mr. raisedwith it , William
Fitzmaurice , who spent seventeen years in Jamai- by freemen . ca , ten of them
as a ...
In the East Indies , the sugar - cane is raised by free- In the East Indies canes
men , with the plough , in very great abundance . Mr. raisedwith it , William
Fitzmaurice , who spent seventeen years in Jamai- by freemen . ca , ten of them
as a ...
Page 116
Subscriptions should therefore be opened in such commodities as are likely to be
hereafter the produce of the new colony ; such as sugar , cotton , coffee , indigo ,
tobacco , rice & c . and the court of directors immediately to take charge of the ...
Subscriptions should therefore be opened in such commodities as are likely to be
hereafter the produce of the new colony ; such as sugar , cotton , coffee , indigo ,
tobacco , rice & c . and the court of directors immediately to take charge of the ...
Page 146
In the large village of Ico , there is a filk matures , wine , sugar . nufacture ,
especially of stockings , which are fent to the Spanish West Indies . - From the
whole Island , 15,000 pipes of wine and brandy are annually exported . - The
Count of ...
In the large village of Ico , there is a filk matures , wine , sugar . nufacture ,
especially of stockings , which are fent to the Spanish West Indies . - From the
whole Island , 15,000 pipes of wine and brandy are annually exported . - The
Count of ...
Page 154
CANARIES . 1 CH A P. reign articles , are ultimately paid by the British
consumers ; - not to mention the monopoly - price , often exorbitant , which West
Indian produce colls them . For it is well known that sugar , & c . is generally much
dearer in ...
CANARIES . 1 CH A P. reign articles , are ultimately paid by the British
consumers ; - not to mention the monopoly - price , often exorbitant , which West
Indian produce colls them . For it is well known that sugar , & c . is generally much
dearer in ...
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