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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... grounds besides which they cultivated ; but the seasons being adverse in Vere they were chiefly fed by corn grown by the master and issued to them from his stores . * The ground provisions , which the slaves " House of Commons , August ...
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... grounds ( exclusive of Sundays ) , except during the time of crop , but the same not being compulsory , be it further enacted , that the slaves belonging to or employed in every planta- tion or settlement , shall , over and above the ...
... grounds ( exclusive of Sundays ) , except during the time of crop , but the same not being compulsory , be it further enacted , that the slaves belonging to or employed in every planta- tion or settlement , shall , over and above the ...
第 15 頁
... ground , and keep your house , and come and work for a shilling or other sum a day , he would say , I will not do it ; for I can make more by working my grounds . But if the grounds were taken away , and he must understand that he must ...
... ground , and keep your house , and come and work for a shilling or other sum a day , he would say , I will not do it ; for I can make more by working my grounds . But if the grounds were taken away , and he must understand that he must ...
第 16 頁
... grounds . It was a frequent practice to work for one another for hire , the hire being 20d . currency a day ( 14d . sterling ) , and a breakfast . Mr. Wildman indulged his Negroes with fifty - two Saturdays in the year , instead of ...
... grounds . It was a frequent practice to work for one another for hire , the hire being 20d . currency a day ( 14d . sterling ) , and a breakfast . Mr. Wildman indulged his Negroes with fifty - two Saturdays in the year , instead of ...
第一頁
... grounds , they save up their allowance of corn from the master , and with that corn rear large quantities of poultry ... ground provisions ; of these they have abundance , but they cannot be applied to the same purposes as the corn of ...
... grounds , they save up their allowance of corn from the master , and with that corn rear large quantities of poultry ... ground provisions ; of these they have abundance , but they cannot be applied to the same purposes as the corn of ...
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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.