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Page 30
... West Indies they eat the spontaneous fruits of the earth ; in the United States there are none for them to eat . That the blacks are now kept to work as northern white apprentices and paupers are kept to work , for their own and ...
... West Indies they eat the spontaneous fruits of the earth ; in the United States there are none for them to eat . That the blacks are now kept to work as northern white apprentices and paupers are kept to work , for their own and ...
Page 31
... West India slave will not till the soil for wages ; the free son of the ex - slave is as obstinate as his sire . He will not cultivate lands which he has not bought for * Trollope's " West India Islands . " his own . Yams , mangoes ...
... West India slave will not till the soil for wages ; the free son of the ex - slave is as obstinate as his sire . He will not cultivate lands which he has not bought for * Trollope's " West India Islands . " his own . Yams , mangoes ...
Page 32
... West India negro into a free and independent labourer . ' Free and independent ' enough he has become , God knows ; but labourer he is not , and , so far as we can see , never will be . He will sing hymns and quote texts , but honest ...
... West India negro into a free and independent labourer . ' Free and independent ' enough he has become , God knows ; but labourer he is not , and , so far as we can see , never will be . He will sing hymns and quote texts , but honest ...
Page 36
... me no like workee ; just ' em little moment . ' " * The same experience has been earned by the * The “ Times ” on Trollope's " West India Islands . ” French . They emancipated their blacks when under the influence 36 EVIDENCE ON SLAVERY .
... me no like workee ; just ' em little moment . ' " * The same experience has been earned by the * The “ Times ” on Trollope's " West India Islands . ” French . They emancipated their blacks when under the influence 36 EVIDENCE ON SLAVERY .
Page 38
... West is destitute of hands for harvest . It is in vain that the papers preach to the " free labourers " the importance and benefit of farm labour . They cling to the cities , crowd tenement houses , and raise numbers of pauper children ...
... West is destitute of hands for harvest . It is in vain that the papers preach to the " free labourers " the importance and benefit of farm labour . They cling to the cities , crowd tenement houses , and raise numbers of pauper children ...
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