ST . .-'Domin'- Amidft'thtf effervescence ofzeal, without knowledge, this may be a
jj go- inc beacon to legiflito'rs' to ftudy the real praaical bufiiiefs of life;. -and
th e ' irradicable difference o f ‘charaftef and' diipofitions in the various
races of men, to which infinit^ wifdom has allotted diftina pbtt|h|s of
the earth ; left a negro fhou'ld repay the philofopher’s benefits planting
a dagger in h'is breaft, with the favourite phraie o f -“ afn 1' not a
man and a brother ?”* t
J A M A IC A .
T h is ifland was difcoyered by Colon, 1494, during his fecond voyage
; but was little explored till his fourth and laft .voyage, when he was
unfortunately confined for many months on the north fide o f this Me,
by the lofs of his fhip's. The hiftory of Jamaica under the Spaniih
powSr may'be traced in the ample account of Mr: Edwards. In' 105J
it fell into the- hands , o f the RngliCh, by whole induftry it has become
one of the. moft floiirifhing oftthe Weft Indian IjPrnents? In fize it is
the third ifland in this archipelago; being about 170 B. miles in length,
V, • Seefvol. in of Edwards’s Hiftory of the Weft Indies, in which, from this fluiriing example,
he juftly declares againft the “ monftrohè folly” U hidden,emancipation. “ The Caribs of St.
Vincent, and the Maroon negroes of Jamaica, Were.originally enflavcd Africans , and what they
„ ow are, the freed negroeè of St. Domingo will hereafter, be -favages in the-rpidft.,of focitty ;
t without peace, feenrity, agriculture,’ or..property; ignorant of the duties of :i:e, and unacquainted
with all the foft and endearing relations which render it definable; averfe to'-labour, though frequently
periffiing h'fwant füfpicioüs Jof eaètóöthcr, and towards the reft of mankind' revengeful
and faithlefs, remorfelefs and bloody-minded; pretending to be free, while groaning beneath the
•capricious defpotifm of their chiefs, and feeling.all the miferies of fervitude, withoutthe benefits
" .offubordination !” ' In our iU-advifed expedition againft St. Domingo, Hompefch’ s regiment of
. buffers was reduced, .in little more than two months,: from one thoiifand to thrqe hundred, and
-the 96thregiment perifhed to,a man. About the end.o.f 1797,;of fifteen thdufand Bntifti and foreign
- troops,'not more than three thoufand were left alive, and fit for fervice ; thelofs of feamèn being
S • .computed at five thoufand;'dnd the expenditure -was five Or fix -millionsV ibfsSy.'sSÖ. This is
recorded as a general leffon to European nations agamft any warfare in [the Weft Indies,- while at
half the expence any one of them might be in poffelfion of the fouthern half of Africa.. The negro
troops in S t Domingo offered to join the Englifh, on Condition dfatterly cutting SfFall the
1 inulattoes, ib. 389. '.Such aré the virtues ó£ favaghs! 1 The negro' chidf 'dfSt. Domingo is a Have
, .called Touffaint; and his artny.irf'1797 was computed at 18,000 infantry and iooo, cavalry. |HC
was oppofed by the;mulattoes, under-Rigaiid, to the amount of about 12,000. In .Oftober Sfe®
St. Domingo was abandoned by the Britilh, who-fiadibecn milled by defigning^reigners ; a dif-
. I tinguifned feature, as Mr. Edwards remarks, in'the conduft of the late .war.
by
by 60 in breadth. $ I&41$?dhrkfed! '’into' fthitfé -cq^tiesj 'Cornwall in :the Jamaica. '{
weft,jroitlalèfèx- 'anèliSdrfy instb^‘eaff,ly-sSK<>Jlag«^>iJiSlmanifli
To#n öipjjs the c o ita l; "'wwe' 'ofejeft fea-
-polfC; ' The nunibc¥*bfhegr0cs^'eaa®piiitGdVat the whites
are* probably i . TRé
Britain,'Ireland, aud'NHhHiAitófewa', i’H'fugaf,
•ilÉnib'éöffee, 1 ndig gdrfta®rm piirreffto, v dfletlifi n, ,-T vfSypat a,,©0o*Qcj<i^.
TSfe ïrltetcQÜrfe with Mb'ri(furas,hmdri:hê M.ófqMto' Ühore,' maymow.be
.regarded 'a^abkhdonedf^but . f t j u S ó fedde is 1darrieduou|lw^t^fSpa’nMi
Arfrerlca’ by fmalb v’SMs',*- wlrièl'ï-'èltrcTe' HiG:wgiJa?icG bfithe .j^ardajic&ïïkïs. ”
Tlre^imporfs* were compllfe.d^tya* mllKcfh ia'bti albalf,- and flaves-from
Arnica” formed a' ft» iJfoU^faSk-, iwithiduTies •
0^®®rbhsvaifd ore t K d a n n t i a l l y aöd fthe
ordmafy expen c^S^cfffgWvëimm’ent' in i’ƒ8 8 'V^ërfi^raiptóU^at '
.Tne lSiJf|iur®Tobfifïs ''óf tb c dapMn-genë r a l - efbof p a ciumtól
elVe, nbfn'itlatƒ!' by'therTfown >; 1 arid- a T ótïfè”’bf aflèmbly^icontain-
'in'g- forfy-lbfb'e1 m|m'§eM,l’,ele(9:ed by hbc>’frecli0rdcrb :4‘ tlife.tffied chief '
. t©wi®3t^ Jago, jCipgjfl.on.-and Poy^ ELpyal,^ref.urning thËe&imémbers,
iMWemier parifhesTWo,. Tfle'prp^cMpal a fhoxt ^iftWl^.'
of ^ëaèb ^ötber, Spanifb Town being inland ;! while 'Kingftpa. isdahithe
and Pórt Royal on the weft, of a donfmerajlslfe b&f ftbt©, laft
being -gReatly r'èdueed by earthquakes and other,cadamaiess Tlje ol^fate-,
tlBliA teulpered by tb^fea-brèóTies^f.fs ésitrefn'óly bot} and*tbe days and
Mgbts nearly óf-’eqöat 'düratiohTfiA ridge ®f .UioUahaitis, . from e^ft^to
weft, ditrïdeS tbil tftasd ini© two parts; and the laridfcag^ nffafra, boafts
of peculiar bekuÉeSi^ In the north 'the tftjil is ggnefeally ap^balky marl,
producing a clbfe and ejea® tur^- like an Englifli lawn.'of the'; brfgltteft
verdure, ƒ -Towards the interior, axe forefts; cfbwned by th’e blue- fum-
- * The riiaroon-br runagate negroes have heen-Tent to Nova Scotia. The term maroon feems to *
be from the Spanifli Simanan, faid to fignify an ape ; Edwards, iii. 304 : but mSre probably from !.
Jitria, a mountain or dale, to which they retreat.
H Edwards, i. .
f What is called thc'brick mould 'conf ainsfuch a mixture of clay and fand as might be adapted
to the kiln ; but thé name has no connexion with the colour, which is hazel. Edwards, ii. 209.' :■
This is the beft foil for fugar canes next to the alhy loam o lSt. ChViftopher’s 3 and is followed by
the deep black mould of .Barbadoes,
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