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Page 102
Mackay at the Darien : that the Uchee Indians complained that cattle were
passed over into their country , contrary to the capitulation ; and that planters had
come and settled negroes there . Part of these cattle belonged to the
Saltzburghers ...
Mackay at the Darien : that the Uchee Indians complained that cattle were
passed over into their country , contrary to the capitulation ; and that planters had
come and settled negroes there . Part of these cattle belonged to the
Saltzburghers ...
Page 170
Besides , the produces , which are to be raised in Georgia , do not require the
labor of negroes . In other plantations these are necessary . Sugar , rice , and
tobacco are works of hardship and fatigue ; and perhaps it would be impossible
to get ...
Besides , the produces , which are to be raised in Georgia , do not require the
labor of negroes . In other plantations these are necessary . Sugar , rice , and
tobacco are works of hardship and fatigue ; and perhaps it would be impossible
to get ...
Page 172
It may likewise be said , if you do not permit the poor man to have negroes , since
he has nobody else to look after them , for an encouragement however of people
, who have some fortune , to go and settle there , allow them to the gentlemen ...
It may likewise be said , if you do not permit the poor man to have negroes , since
he has nobody else to look after them , for an encouragement however of people
, who have some fortune , to go and settle there , allow them to the gentlemen ...
Page 280
It was also apprehended , that the Spaniards at St . Augustine would be
continually enticing away the negroes , or encouraging them to insurrections .
That the first might easily be accomplished , since a single negro would run away
thither ...
It was also apprehended , that the Spaniards at St . Augustine would be
continually enticing away the negroes , or encouraging them to insurrections .
That the first might easily be accomplished , since a single negro would run away
thither ...
Page 281
would be unwilling , nay would certainly disdain , to work like negroes ; and
would rather let themselves out to wealthy planters as overseers of their negroes
. It was further thought , that upon the admission of negroes , the wealthy planters
...
would be unwilling , nay would certainly disdain , to work like negroes ; and
would rather let themselves out to wealthy planters as overseers of their negroes
. It was further thought , that upon the admission of negroes , the wealthy planters
...
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