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Page 98
... Servants not obeying their orders , or absenting themselves from their Farms without leave , they are to report it to a Magistrate ; and , on conviction , the delinquents will receive a punishment equal to the offence . Attention will ...
... Servants not obeying their orders , or absenting themselves from their Farms without leave , they are to report it to a Magistrate ; and , on conviction , the delinquents will receive a punishment equal to the offence . Attention will ...
Page 334
... servants £ 10 per annum , which affords the men an opportunity , if so disposed , to economize , and lay by something against the time they will be free ; and also causes them to attach a greater value upon being kept in their master's ...
... servants £ 10 per annum , which affords the men an opportunity , if so disposed , to economize , and lay by something against the time they will be free ; and also causes them to attach a greater value upon being kept in their master's ...
Page 496
... servants . How disgusting to be waited on by a man , who the day before , was by your representation flogged for some trifling misdemeanour ? The female servants are of course much worse ; hence children acquire the use of the vilest ...
... servants . How disgusting to be waited on by a man , who the day before , was by your representation flogged for some trifling misdemeanour ? The female servants are of course much worse ; hence children acquire the use of the vilest ...
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