Description:Excerpt from Notes on Haiti, Made During a Residence in That Republic, Vol. 2 of 5 Having ordered offending slaves to be thrown into burning furnaces; but I never, however; met with any person who could of his own knowledge declare that such was a fact. But I have been assured, on authority of respect ability, that among the ruins of the buildings places of frightful solitary confinement may still be traced After making every allowance for the exaggeration to which excited passions give birth, there is too much reason to believe that too many of the French proprietors in St. Do mingo were as foolishly and irregularly indal gent to their slaves in moments of relaxation, as they were harsh and unrelenting at other seasons. Such a system necessarily encouraged angry passions among the serfs, whom it pecu liarly fitted for being acted upon by those who chose to avail themselves of their excited feel ings. Nor was this excitation likely to be les sened by the large yearly importations of these unhappy people from Africa, which were con. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Notes on Haiti, Made During a Residence in That Republic, Vol. 2 of 5 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Notes on Haiti, Made During a Residence in That Republic, Vol. 2 of 5 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Notes on Haiti, Made During a Residence in That Republic, Vol. 2 of 5 (Classic Reprint)
Description: Excerpt from Notes on Haiti, Made During a Residence in That Republic, Vol. 2 of 5 Having ordered offending slaves to be thrown into burning furnaces; but I never, however; met with any person who could of his own knowledge declare that such was a fact. But I have been assured, on authority of respect ability, that among the ruins of the buildings places of frightful solitary confinement may still be traced After making every allowance for the exaggeration to which excited passions give birth, there is too much reason to believe that too many of the French proprietors in St. Do mingo were as foolishly and irregularly indal gent to their slaves in moments of relaxation, as they were harsh and unrelenting at other seasons. Such a system necessarily encouraged angry passions among the serfs, whom it pecu liarly fitted for being acted upon by those who chose to avail themselves of their excited feel ings. Nor was this excitation likely to be les sened by the large yearly importations of these unhappy people from Africa, which were con. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Notes on Haiti, Made During a Residence in That Republic, Vol. 2 of 5 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Notes on Haiti, Made During a Residence in That Republic, Vol. 2 of 5 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.