Cuba, Old and NewLongmans, Green, and Company, 1915 - 264 pages |
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... America , he missed his direct course to Hispaniola , and came upon the Cuban shore near Cape Cruz . He was detained there for some days by heavy weather and adverse winds , and sailed thence to his unhappy experience in Jamaica . The ...
... America , he missed his direct course to Hispaniola , and came upon the Cuban shore near Cape Cruz . He was detained there for some days by heavy weather and adverse winds , and sailed thence to his unhappy experience in Jamaica . The ...
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... American author- ities , states that " while it was fraught with all the horrors of this nefarious business elsewhere , the laws for the protection of slaves were unusually humane . Almost from the beginning , slaves had a right to ...
... American author- ities , states that " while it was fraught with all the horrors of this nefarious business elsewhere , the laws for the protection of slaves were unusually humane . Almost from the beginning , slaves had a right to ...
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... American colonists , the system at last proved so offensive that the colonists revolted in 1775. Most of Spain's colonies in the Western Hemisphere , for the same reason , declared and maintained their in- dependence in the first ...
... American colonists , the system at last proved so offensive that the colonists revolted in 1775. Most of Spain's colonies in the Western Hemisphere , for the same reason , declared and maintained their in- dependence in the first ...
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... American ports was again prohibited . A few years later , Spain had lost nearly all its American colonies . A new plan was adopted in 1818. Under that , Spain sought to hold the trade of Cuba and Porto Rico by tariffs so highly ...
... American ports was again prohibited . A few years later , Spain had lost nearly all its American colonies . A new plan was adopted in 1818. Under that , Spain sought to hold the trade of Cuba and Porto Rico by tariffs so highly ...
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... American colonies , and only fragmentary records between 1776 and 1789. The more elaborate records of 1789 and following years show shipments of fish , whale oil , spermaceti candles , lumber , staves and heading , and other articles to ...
... American colonies , and only fragmentary records between 1776 and 1789. The more elaborate records of 1789 and following years show shipments of fish , whale oil , spermaceti candles , lumber , staves and heading , and other articles to ...
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