The Story of Our Colonies: with Sketches of Their Present ConditionJ. Hogg & Son, 1869 - 411 páginas |
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... formation and de- velopment of our Colonial Empire , what are its present value and prospective importance , and how these may be increased by proper cultivation of the emigration - fields that are open to our over - crowded country ...
... formation and de- velopment of our Colonial Empire , what are its present value and prospective importance , and how these may be increased by proper cultivation of the emigration - fields that are open to our over - crowded country ...
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... formed a rival power to that established by the earlier settlers . An angry feud , often leading to bloodshed , prevailed between the two factions , known as the windward - men and the leeward - men , until a further arrival of two ...
... formed a rival power to that established by the earlier settlers . An angry feud , often leading to bloodshed , prevailed between the two factions , known as the windward - men and the leeward - men , until a further arrival of two ...
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... the harbour . He lost no time in in- forming Willoughby that the Parliament of England desired that the people of Barbados should be sharers CIVIL WAR IN BARBADOS . 23 in the liberty " 22 OUR FIRST WEST INDIAN COLONY .
... the harbour . He lost no time in in- forming Willoughby that the Parliament of England desired that the people of Barbados should be sharers CIVIL WAR IN BARBADOS . 23 in the liberty " 22 OUR FIRST WEST INDIAN COLONY .
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... formed under the name of Brethren of the Coast , in which the customs necessary to their calling induced the formation of something like a special code of laws . " Property , " we are told , " so far as regarded the means of sustenance ...
... formed under the name of Brethren of the Coast , in which the customs necessary to their calling induced the formation of something like a special code of laws . " Property , " we are told , " so far as regarded the means of sustenance ...
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... formed by the irregular traders and attendants who crowded to supply their wants . But at length a formidable attack was made by Spain upon the settlement while the bravest of the buccaneers were at sea , and all its rude civilization ...
... formed by the irregular traders and attendants who crowded to supply their wants . But at length a formidable attack was made by Spain upon the settlement while the bravest of the buccaneers were at sea , and all its rude civilization ...
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