This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1758 Excerpt: ...this will proportionably injure their islands. That the French sugar colonies in America have, from a small beginning, arrived to an, extraordinary pitch of prosperity, since the reign of Queen Anne only, is too apparent to need animadversion. The island of Martinico is the chief of these French settlements: the number ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1758 Excerpt: ...this will proportionably injure their islands. That the French sugar colonies in America have, from a small beginning, arrived to an, extraordinary pitch of prosperity, since the reign of Queen Anne only, is too apparent to need animadversion. The island of Martinico is the chief of these French settlements: the number of people in this island, is computed to be at least 10,000 whites, and between 20 and 30,000 negroes; and they make more sugar here than we do in the island of Barbadoes. They also cultivate here indigo, cotton, and cacao to great advange, and draw no little profit from..-i ' G the the ginger, cassia and pimento, of which they export considerable quantities. They likewise manufacture rocou for the use of dyers, and fend home variety of medicinal gums. The French: sugar islands produce besides, several kinds of valuable woods used in the art of dying, inlaying, and cabinet work; such as rose wood, the Indian wood and iron wood, as well as brazelletto wood, fustic and ebony.--We may add to these commodities raw hides and tortoise shell. Though these Isles produce so many estimable commodities; yet they stand in need of supplies of divers essential necessaries such as, horses and cattle of all kinds, corn, roots, and all forts of lumber, of which they receive some from Canada, and the rest from the Britijh northern colonies in exchange for sugar, tobacco, indigo, and other goods, sent to Canada, and for rum and molasses, &c. sent to our northern colonies.--The inhabitants of this island also stand in constant need of negroes, as the most essential of all; and with these they have been supplied by the French East Indiacompany from Africa. The negroes are sent to Martinico, and there purchased by the planters of the other islands, at a settle...
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