Analysis of the Report of a Committee of the House of Commons on the Extinction of SlaveryGreat Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the Extinction of Slavery Throughout the British Dominions, Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery Throughout the British Dominions Society for the Abolition of Slavery Throughout the British Dominions, 1833 - 213 頁 |
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第 13 頁
... field with the gang , or in the boiling house ; but he had known slaves to work for wages in their extra time on sugar estates . Soon after he took charge of Papine , a long line of fence was to be made between that and the Duke of ...
... field with the gang , or in the boiling house ; but he had known slaves to work for wages in their extra time on sugar estates . Soon after he took charge of Papine , a long line of fence was to be made between that and the Duke of ...
第 14 頁
... field labour is viewed by slaves as the most de- grading occupation . It is considered , for example , a degrading punish- ment to send a household servant to the field . Many humane persons prefer doing so to flogging them . The labour ...
... field labour is viewed by slaves as the most de- grading occupation . It is considered , for example , a degrading punish- ment to send a household servant to the field . Many humane persons prefer doing so to flogging them . The labour ...
第 18 頁
... ; many even of the field Negroes studying great neatness and cleanliness , and even making attempts at style in their houses and furniture , using plates and other conveniences of 18 Report of a Committee of the House of Commons.
... ; many even of the field Negroes studying great neatness and cleanliness , and even making attempts at style in their houses and furniture , using plates and other conveniences of 18 Report of a Committee of the House of Commons.
第 20 頁
... among domestics as well as field - slaves . He had known persons , especially in sickness and old age , indifferent to freedom , and the - head man on an estate may be indifferent to it 20 Report of a Committee of the House of Commons.
... among domestics as well as field - slaves . He had known persons , especially in sickness and old age , indifferent to freedom , and the - head man on an estate may be indifferent to it 20 Report of a Committee of the House of Commons.
第 24 頁
... field Negro who has his house and his land , his wife and his children , will bear a great deal of ill treatment before he will run away , Very few return into the woods as compared with the whole population . On one estate he ...
... field Negro who has his house and his land , his wife and his children , will bear a great deal of ill treatment before he will run away , Very few return into the woods as compared with the whole population . On one estate he ...
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第 136 頁 - ... any person that teaches a person of color, slave or free, to read or write, or causes such persons to be so taught, is subjected to a fine of thirty dollars for each offence; and every person of color who shall teach reading or writing, is subject to a fine of thirty dollars or to be imprisoned ten days and whipped thirty-nine lashes ...
第 26 頁 - The provisions for the prevention of excessive labour, contemplate the working the slaves for eleven hours and a half daily out of crop, and place no limit to the continuance of their work during crop, time.
第 9 頁 - ... own provision-grounds, exclusive of Sundays, except during the time of crop, under the penalty of fifty pounds, to be recovered against the overseer or other person having the care of such slaves.
第 208 頁 - Letter from Legion to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, containing an Exposure of the Character of the Evidence on the Colonial Side produced before the Committee.
第 177 頁 - In some particular cases, such for example as the case of rape, such a restriction might secure impunity to offenders of the worst description. The rejection of the testimony of slaves twelve months after the commission of the crime would be fatal to the ends of justice in many cases, nor is it easy to discover what solid advantage could result from it in any case. If the owner of a slave is convicted of any crime on the testimony of that slave, the court has no power of declaring the slave free,...
第 114 頁 - I know we are free. I have read it in the English papers. I have taken an oath not to work after Christmas without pay, and I will not.
第 6 頁 - It has appeared from the report of the Committee that the main points of their enquiry were embraced by the two following propositions, including, in fact, all that Mr. Buxton, in moving for that Committee, had pledged himself, or even thought it necessary to attempt, to prove, viz :— 1. THAT THE SLAVES, IF EMANCIPATED, WILL ADEQUATELY MAINTAIN THEMSELVES BY THEIR OWN LABOUR; and 2nd.