The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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... Leeward Islands provided , under penalty of a fine , that each planter must keep white servants in fixed proportion to his negroes or acreage . But planters preferred to pay the fine , for negro labour for sugar planting was both ...
... Leeward Islands provided , under penalty of a fine , that each planter must keep white servants in fixed proportion to his negroes or acreage . But planters preferred to pay the fine , for negro labour for sugar planting was both ...
Page 405
... Leeward Islands offer a different story . One was a newly acquired tropical island , where heat bred animosity and people died very fast and suddenly ( as Governor Inchiquin said ) ; the other , a group of four small islands , lying in ...
... Leeward Islands offer a different story . One was a newly acquired tropical island , where heat bred animosity and people died very fast and suddenly ( as Governor Inchiquin said ) ; the other , a group of four small islands , lying in ...
Page 407
... Islands , where the imperative demands of war , the need of unity in legislation , and the desirability of financial ... Leeward Islands , each island had its lieutenant - governor , council , and Assembly and continued to retain this ...
... Islands , where the imperative demands of war , the need of unity in legislation , and the desirability of financial ... Leeward Islands , each island had its lieutenant - governor , council , and Assembly and continued to retain this ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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