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... negroes , " & c . and on the 6th of March , 1766 , " an act for encouraging set- tlers to come into the province . " Both of these laws were founded in strong necessity . The very existence of the colony depended on the former , and its ...
... negroes , " & c . and on the 6th of March , 1766 , " an act for encouraging set- tlers to come into the province . " Both of these laws were founded in strong necessity . The very existence of the colony depended on the former , and its ...
Page 47
... negroes the money , so I could but have my book . The next morning we set out from the Major's , and reached Georgetown the same night , where we stayed two days to refresh ourselves , after our fatiguing voyage . On the 20th of ...
... negroes the money , so I could but have my book . The next morning we set out from the Major's , and reached Georgetown the same night , where we stayed two days to refresh ourselves , after our fatiguing voyage . On the 20th of ...
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... negroes there with nothing else in the season , and in the summer with nothing but hominy ; they count it very hearty food , and at most planters ' houses they eat nothing but one or the other in the room of bread . We left his house ...
... negroes there with nothing else in the season , and in the summer with nothing but hominy ; they count it very hearty food , and at most planters ' houses they eat nothing but one or the other in the room of bread . We left his house ...
Page 59
... negroes having rode him to that degree without a saddle , that he had a swelling in the middle of his back as big as my double fist , which hindered my proceeding in my journey that night as I intended ; but by applying things to his ...
... negroes having rode him to that degree without a saddle , that he had a swelling in the middle of his back as big as my double fist , which hindered my proceeding in my journey that night as I intended ; but by applying things to his ...
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... negroes . And this deponent knows , that in South Carolina white ship car- penters and caulkers have about one third more wages than a negro of the same trade or profession , this deponent having often paid wages to both ; and also ...
... negroes . And this deponent knows , that in South Carolina white ship car- penters and caulkers have about one third more wages than a negro of the same trade or profession , this deponent having often paid wages to both ; and also ...
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