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 1 到 5 筆結果,共 36 筆
第 14 頁
... flogged . In short it was necessary , in order to induce the Negroes to work , either to pay them or to flog them . It was possible , however , to conduct the business of an estate without much flogging . Still it was the terror of the ...
... flogged . In short it was necessary , in order to induce the Negroes to work , either to pay them or to flog them . It was possible , however , to conduct the business of an estate without much flogging . Still it was the terror of the ...
第 21 頁
... too were educated , and the * So doubtless it was represented to him by those who knew better , women were exempted from flogging . He would positively have on the Extinction of Slavery . — Evidence of W. Taylor , Esq . 21.
... too were educated , and the * So doubtless it was represented to him by those who knew better , women were exempted from flogging . He would positively have on the Extinction of Slavery . — Evidence of W. Taylor , Esq . 21.
第 22 頁
... flogging . He would positively have dis- charged any overseer who he knew had done so ; and even with the men he went on the principle of having no corporal punishment : but in spite of him , and of Mr.Wildman also , the whip was still ...
... flogging . He would positively have dis- charged any overseer who he knew had done so ; and even with the men he went on the principle of having no corporal punishment : but in spite of him , and of Mr.Wildman also , the whip was still ...
第 23 頁
... flogging fol- lows . Now , dismiss a labourer , I cannot ; -flog him , I will not . ' In short , Mr. Taylor goes on to state , we must either have an extinction of slavery , or be content to go on with the harsh and barbarous system ...
... flogging fol- lows . Now , dismiss a labourer , I cannot ; -flog him , I will not . ' In short , Mr. Taylor goes on to state , we must either have an extinction of slavery , or be content to go on with the harsh and barbarous system ...
第 25 頁
... flogging to make him lift for his master . He had seen them travelling to market , groaning under a load of hard wood timber which no overseer could make them carry . on the Extinction of Slavery . - Evidence of W. Taylor , Esq . 25.
... flogging to make him lift for his master . He had seen them travelling to market , groaning under a load of hard wood timber which no overseer could make them carry . on the Extinction of Slavery . - Evidence of W. Taylor , Esq . 25.
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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.