The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... Jamaica must be firmly occupied before anything more could be attempted . To Jamaica were sent accordingly a rein- forcement of troops and a number of civilian colonists . Owing to the ill - will of many of the officers in the island ...
... Jamaica must be firmly occupied before anything more could be attempted . To Jamaica were sent accordingly a rein- forcement of troops and a number of civilian colonists . Owing to the ill - will of many of the officers in the island ...
Page 245
John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell. JAMAICA 245 this with a view to lifting the cloud of ill repute that overhung Jamaica . In 1664 Sir Thomas Modyford of Barbados became governor . He took ...
John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell. JAMAICA 245 this with a view to lifting the cloud of ill repute that overhung Jamaica . In 1664 Sir Thomas Modyford of Barbados became governor . He took ...
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... Jamaica and similar acts in the Leeward Islands provided , under penalty of a fine , that each planter must keep white servants in fixed proportion to his negroes or acreage.2 But planters preferred to pay the fine , for negro labour ...
... Jamaica and similar acts in the Leeward Islands provided , under penalty of a fine , that each planter must keep white servants in fixed proportion to his negroes or acreage.2 But planters preferred to pay the fine , for negro labour ...
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