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
... Leeward Islands , where the imperative demands of war , the need of unity in legislation , and the desirability of financial co- operation called into being a remarkable attempt at a form of federal organisation . The four islands ...
... Leeward Islands , where the imperative demands of war , the need of unity in legislation , and the desirability of financial co- operation called into being a remarkable attempt at a form of federal organisation . The four islands ...
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2008 |
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