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The Gazette H I G H L I G H T S O F T H I S I S S U E :
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Off With their Heads— Pastor shares his views on miscegenation
My brothers, my neigh-
Huge Plantation Sale
greave. Our island has
Nevis Revolt Dismantled by local Planter
Learn to Pick Your Negro… the 411 on how to chose a slave
W i t h
T h e i r
H e a d s
sons of white blood.
extend this punishment to
bours, my friends today I
white men as well. “Off with their heads!!” I say “off with
been rocked to the core by
them”. Any person, man or
the constant contamination
woman, who seeks to taint
of white blood by the horrid
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white blood should be burnt
dark creatures. We cannot
at the stake and have their
continue to allow this to happen. More stringent restrictions must be placed I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :
Off With Their Heads
on inter-marriages and sex-
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ual relations between the
Uprising Dismantled
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beastie creatures and per-
Breaking the Beast
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Choosing Your Negro
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Missing Slaves
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Food and Etiquette
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News From Home
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ever, undoubtedly we must
In the past we have limited
heads cut off. These dis-
the punishment only to
gusting negro animals will
women who are caught
cause our race to die out.
having sexual relations with
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the horrid creatures. How-
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U p r i s i n g
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After weeks of unrest on the
slaves were killed by the militia
more harm than good as the
Alcock Plantation on the neigh-
along with four sambos. The
savage beasts seemed to be
bouring Island of Nevis; the
Governor of Nevis had called
fuelled even more at the sight
revolt was quickly dismantled
in the militia only a few days
of the militia . ……..continue
thanks to our Island’s very own
prior to help quash the up-
Uprising Dismantlement.
Arnold Brown. Fifty-eight
heaval. However, this caused
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They attacked the officers brutally killing six of them with their bare hands. Our heart’s grieve for the shedding of our white blood. However, in less than six days after his arrival on the island the revolt was quashed by Mr. Brown. The Governor of Nevis has sent his most hearty thanks for the great deed of Mr. Brown who has “ displayed great courage and leadership and as saved us from the cruel savages” said Governor Wilshire when interviewed by the Nevis Gazette.
“Let us not lose hope though we are among these devils one day we will be delivered from their evil visage” - Message of the Day OFF With Their Heads C o n t i n u e d
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Our children will neigh like animals if we continue.
from the colony or by being beaten and arrested but, with exe-
We cannot allow this. I call on the governor of our
cution. Interracial sex is, in deed, a deviant within the institu-
island to deal with this villainous act before our Lord
tion of slavery and thus a beating does not equate to the malig-
destroys this island, killing all our profits.
nant mixture of negro and white blood. Similarly, I propose that
The governor needs to put in place more stringent
we have frequent public castrations and lynching of negro men
statutes against miscegenation between negroes
for raping or desiring sexual relations with our white women.
and whites. We must stop that abominable mixture
However, sex between white men and negro women are often
and spurious issue which, hereafter may increase in
not seen as threatening the white power structure, instead
this dominion by negroes and mulattoes having sex-
many wrongfully see it as reinforced the domination of white
ual relations and intermarrying with English white
men. This disgusting mixture is often viewed as not challenging
women. Consequently anyone involved in interracial
the purity of the white race because children born of white fa-
sex must face formal sanctions, punishment, and
thers and negro mothers are given their correct status as
social exclusion. Furthermore, white women roman-
slaves …..Conitnue on page 3
tically or sexually involved with negro men must be vehemently punished, not simply by being banished
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However, undoubtedly, the women of the negroes are sexually immoral and thus should not even serve for the purpose of prostitution. We must be fearful of these African women because they are transmitters of diseases, and to lay with them is a bloody sin. I fear that our Father will send a plague upon our island if we continue to outlaw only the sexual unions between white women and the horrid beasts while ignoring the malignant evil of white men having relations with negro women. All forms of miscegenation must be stopped. Off with their heads I say off with them. - By Pastor Kellyman
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Breaking the Beast There are different ways in which you may control
In order to control your slave they must fear you. You must train
your negro slaves. Your slave is nothing more than
them into knowing that any form of disobedience or insolence
your property and therefore you hold the power to do
will result in pain. If they do not like pain then they will refrain
what you want with them. They are sub-human,
from such behaviour.
beasts of burden who if not trained properly will be-
Firstly lashes should be meted out frequently and villainously
come eternally lazy.
until you are satisfied that the slave has learned a lesson in the
Negroes are simply there to serve and should do so
case of disobedience. It is almost guaranteed that there will be
in a consistent and respectable manner. How does
improvement in behaviour with such a method. Not to mention
one go about this? There are different ways. Based
that in such times of apprehension of revolt, one should instil
on my observations on some plantations in around
fear to the point where such an idea is driven out of the head of
the British West Indies I saw too major approaches.
the negroes. In addition to this, to maintain control with this
The easiest and perhaps most widely used method
method one must separate any form of gatherings and minimize
would be “the whip”.
social contact as well as privileges. …Continued on Page 6 — Breaking the Beast
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Choosing Your Negro When purchasing negroes, Guinea negroes are a good choice. However since the abolition of the trade one cannot get them straight from guinea but from neighbouring islands or neighbouring plantations. They require, in the beginning, to be gently worked and well attended. Some may be lost in the seasoning to climate; but to counterbalance this, they are formed and disciplined according to the master's own ideas, and it is the surest means make a good and beautiful gang. I would
Strong Neck
advise to purchase only negro boys and girls of fourteen and fifteen.
Open Chest
In the Choice of Guinea negroes, the planter ought to attend to the following circumstances: youth, an
Muscular Abdomen
open cheerful countenance, a clean and lively eye, fresh lips, sound teeth, a strong neck, a broad and open chest, sinewy arms, dry and large hands, a flat or muscular abdomen, strong loins and haunches,
Easy & Free Movement of Limbs
round thighs, dry knees, muscular calves, lean ankles, long and lean legs ; an easy and free move-
Muscular Calves
ment of the limbs; and a middling stature, or rather small. … Continue on Page 7—Choosing Your Ne-
“Our father who heart in heaven protect us from these horrid beasts and take us to heaven. We thank you for blessing us with food, shelter and clothing. Please guide our minds has we dwell among these evil dark creatures. I pray that you will deliver them from their sins” - Prayer from Pastor Rogers
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Breaking the Beast
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CONTINUED…. Consistency in doing this will lessen the chance of any form of rebellion or revolt. In this method slaves should be severely punished. A disadvantage to this method is that slaves may get “fed-up” or frustrated with their owner and then be helplessly consistent in their efforts to revolt. However, there is another approach that one may take. While still instilling authority, one can use a more subtle approach in gaining control. Punishments will still be meted out in cases of disobedience but will not be as severe as the other method. The major difference is a rewarding system for slaves. This may be done by allowing them more food, allowing them provision grounds and other small privileges such as to go to the market. What this does is allow the slaves to favour you as their master thus making revolts less likely. Rewarding them for hard work will instil in their smaller brains that hard work results in rewards. The slaves working harder also vastly increases production as well. The disadvantage of such
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a system would be the complacency of the slaves. Slaves may be overwhelmed by these privileges and therefore become complacent or expect tolerance or lenience. This would become a problem as such a problem would quickly become widespread and would have to be immediately corrected. Clearly, there are different ways to control your slave with clear disadvantages and advantages . It is therefore led up to the discrepancy of the owner to steer his direction in making such a dire approach. The decisions you make in controlling your slaves may result in progress or a revolt. It is therefore important for one to take great consideration.
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Missing Slav es
As soon as Guinea negroes are purchased, the firstly one must bathe them with warm water, in order to get rid off the palm oil, with which they are rubbed on ship-board. This is necessary, as it intercepts perspiration. They must next be clothed as the climate requires (b). It is likewise extremely necessary to cause them to drink for the space of a fortnight, a sudorific potion (as the dock water) to forward the eruption of cutaneous limes, which the ship surgeons have often barbarously repressed, and which produce fatal consequences. If direct suspicion of this is entertained, it is better to reproduce the itch, and then to cure it methodically. They ought to be christened also as soon as possible. Some planters stand godfathers for all their negroes, to keep them free from the superstitious and abusive power of godfathers and mothers of their own colour who practice Obeah.
£5 Reward A slave calling himself _______ ran away from ______ Estate two weeks ago. He is black, near 5 feet 10 inches high, quite dark, slightly deaf, talks rapidly, but stammers. He is supposed to have worn a broad black cloth around his waste. The above reward will be given to anyone who will bring the above Negro to me. — ___________
I prefer setting negroes to work as soon as they arrive, avoiding exposure at first to cold rains and dews, because the climate to which they have been accustomed, is different from that of the West Indies; for the same reason, I should advise to purchase Guinea negroes only in the spring. They require also to be particularly watched by the drivers, on account of their distempers.
£2.5 Reward Will be paid for the apprehension and delivery in jail of the negro boy ________, who absconded about 3 weeks ago, and is supposed to be now in or near the city of Richmond. He is about ____ years of age, very black, and talks a lot. The above reward will be given to anyone who will bring the above Negro to me. — ____________
£3 Reward Negro ______ left _______ Estate on _______ morning and has not been seen since. He is about 14 years of age, dark in colour, and grump appearance. The above reward will be paid on his delivery to me— _________
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Food and Etiquette Through my detailed observations I’ve come across major problems in the Caribbean when it comes to food and etiquette and how it should be practiced. I was in complete awe at not only how the negroes ate as that was less of a surprise but even my “fellow” whites have not seemed capable of displaying the propriety and mannerism necessary in our white society. Decorum was completely lacking in all aspects. My experiences in the West Indies will clearly demonstrate Behavior like this would only be expected from the negroes what to do and what not to do. The first thing I thought I who do not know any better and not from an Englishman. would never see was an “example” being set by an overseer In addition, I observed the uncivilized nature of the “negro himself. Without any concern, this man was using a dining feast”. fork to dig mud out his boots vigorously. What should be made clear is that utensils should be used for eating and eating only.
Not even so much as plates or cups are used by these animals but simply a nut of a tree, cut in half and scraped clean. They also consumed an exorbitant amount of meat in their dish which allows them to seem grossly carnivorous. I also noticed that “breadfruit” had taken the place of the English potato which is completely unacceptable but then again, it might suffice for the Negros; as Englishmen we should maintain our tradition. The consumption of unacceptable swinish parts such as the head and feet f the hog should not be made complacent amongst fellow whites either.
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I watched in disgust as they clamoured this “food” without any remorse. The gorging of sugar and rum to make oneself helplessly drunk as the niggers did should be avoided as well seeing that we are a society of class. Never should a negro be allowed at our dining table, it is a disgrace to allow such to happen. And never should an Englishwoman be left to dine alone, this is also a disgrace. As Englishmen we should stray far from slave foods. The English potato, lobster, crab and turtle are more “English-like” foods. Slaves will have juice from the cassava but as Englishmen we engage in drinking tea, or coffee along with chocolate. Also, let me include the presentation of food is important as well. Food should be well presented; meat properly dressed with butter and carried out appropriately to the dining table. Knives and forks should also be properly aligned with plates and a napkin placed comfortably on the dining table. Some may not have known of the proper way to handle things as they were born in the Caribbean and not in England; I bid you forgiveness. For those who were born in England and have become complacent; shame on you. As a class of a higher society I plead with you portray England better.
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News from Home
The Stockton & Darlington Railroad Opened The Stockton & Darlington Railroad was opened yesterday September 27th, 1825. An enormous crowd of approximately ten thousand people gathered yesterday at 10:00 a.m. to see this historic event, the first steam train to carry passengers on a public railway was being unveiled. This is a great step for Britain and will significantly reduce the cost and time of transportation. In fact transportation by train will be at least a third cheaper than transportation by horses.
The Darlington & Stockton Railroad will begin running every day except Sundays, the day of our Lord. The company will receive 1 shelling per ton of coal for every mile carried. Bringing in significantly more money for the coal mining industry. George Stephenson was at the controls of the Train as it pulled 36 wagons. Twelve wagons of coal and flour, six of guests and fourteen wagons full of workmen. The train also includes a purpose built railway passenger coach called the Experiment. The spectacular carriage seated 18 passengers The initial journey of just under 9 miles took a mere two hours. However, during the final descent into the Stockton terminus, amazing speeds of 15 mph (24 kph) were reached. This lighting pace was too much for one man, James Hibert,who fell from one of the wagons and was badly injured. This train is simply the first of many and the whole of Britain cannot wait to have their chance to ride on this beautiful machine.
Sugar Prices Sky rocket!! There has been a hike in prices for sugar in Britain. The rates of sugar have shot up from ÂŁ1 for 10 pounds of sugar to ÂŁ2.5 per 10 pounds of sugar. Prices are expected to rise further The price of sugar is decided on the basis of labour cost, transportation cost and processing charges. All these have gone up. With the abolition of the British West Indian Trade in Enslaved Africans the slave labour on the plantations has declined significantly since slaves can only be bought from neighbouring islands or plantations. So, the price of sugar continues to rise. This is not good news. There is wide spread fear that sugar prices will soon reach levels which cannot be met by the average citizens of Britain. Categorically this along with the rise in illegal trade of beet sugar will lead to the death of the industry and the sugar islands in the West Indies.
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