 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1823 - 586 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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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... very little attended to. The truth is, that, however willing the rectors might be to perform this duty, very few of the slaves have it in their power to attend church ; they are either in attendance on their owners, or their time is occupied in a... 