| Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1823 - 586 pàgines
...their owners, or their time is occupied in a necessary attention lo their own affairs; j'or Sunday is not a day of rest and relaxation to the plantation slave ; he must work on that day, or starve." p. 157. "A writer in one of the public prints of Jamaica, in 1820, complained that... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons - 1823 - 476 pàgines
...their owners, or their time is occupied in a necessary attention to their own affairs ; for Sunday is not a day of rest and relaxation to the plantation slave ; he must work on that day, or starve." p. 157. " A writer in one of the public prints of Jamaica, in 1820, complained that... | |
| William Wilberforce - 1823 - 642 pàgines
...their owners, or their time is occupied in a necessary attention to their own affairs ; for Sunday is not a day of rest and relaxation to the plantation slave ; he must work on that day, or starve" p. I57. "A writer in one of the public prints of Jamaica, in I820, complained that... | |
| John Stewart - 1823 - 406 pàgines
...their owners, or their time is occupied in a necessary attention to their own affairs ; for Sunday is not a day of rest and relaxation to the plantation slave ; he must work on that day, or starve. It has long been a subject of just complaint that the clerical office in Jamaica has... | |
| John Ashton Yates - 1824 - 128 pàgines
...their owners, or their time is occupied in a necessary attention to their own affairs ; for Sunday is not a day of rest and relaxation to the plantation slave ; he must work on that day or starve. " It has long been a subject of just complaint that the clerical •ffice in Jamaica... | |
| Zachary Macaulay - 1829 - 518 pàgines
...nugatory." In truth, he adds, " very few of the slaves have it in their power to attend Church," "for Sunday is not a day of rest and relaxation to the plantation slave, he must work on that day or starve." (Stewart's Vieio of Jamaica, p. 157.) 7. " Fees on baptism and marriage have been abolished."... | |
| Benjamin Godwin - 1830 - 198 pàgines
...their owners, or their time is occupied in a necessary attention to their own affairs : for Sunday is not a day of rest and relaxation to the plantation slave ; he must work on that day, or starve §." And, speaking of those who engage in the planting line, though they may have received... | |
| Benjamin Godwin - 1836 - 262 pàgines
...on their owners, or their time is occupied in a necessary attention to their own afiairs; for Sunday is not a day of rest and relaxation to the plantation slave; he must work on that day, or starve." J And, speaking of those who engage in the planting line, though they may have received... | |
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