West Indies
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共 22 段- Unlike those of the eastern hemisphere, the peoples of the W
- With the destruction of the labourers down fell the plantati
- "I firmly believe that thou, O Christian king and lord, hast
- When Drake returned to Plymouth the news of his adventures,
- Here Ralegh still hankered after the treasures of Guiana, an
- About the year 1632 a party of buccaneers captured the islan
- Then the waters began to rise, and in the darkness--that tot
- After that the correspondence was continued, Ayscue entreati
- These abuses led to an Order in Council, published in Septem
- Governor Watts took things so coolly, that Colonel Morgan (n
- The corsairs were privateers with proper commissions, author
- This he urged on the ground that the first had failed simply
- The maroons or bush negroes began to form communities on the
- One of the chiefs named Baron had settled on an island in th
- The treatment of St. Eustatius caused a great stir, not only
- Amidst the glare of a hundred conflagrations a strong body o
- No longer was there any question of the French, the struggle
- The negro willingly listened to his friend the missionary, a
- The slave emancipation was a terrible blow to the West Indie
- On the 11th of October a mob assembled at the same court-hou
- Now came the question of cost. The Nicaragua Canal was estim
- Smith, Rev. John, a missionary sentenced to death in connect