 They increased every Minute by new Negroes coming to them; so that they were above Sixty, some say a Hundred; on which they halted in a field, and set to Dancing, Singing, and beating Drums, to draw more Negroes to them, thinking they were now victorious...  London Magazine Enlarged and Improved - Page 1421740Full view - About this book
 | 1740 - 684 pages
...velvet. Several Spaniards have bg they were now victorious over the whole province, having march'd ten miles and burnt all before them without oppofition. But the militia being raib'd, the planters purfued them, and when they came up, demounting, charged them on foot. The negroes... | |
 | Michael Mullin - 1992 - 436 pages
...pursuing all the white people they met with. . . . They halted in a field, and set to dancing . . . thinking they were now victorious over the whole Province, having marched ten miles &. burnt all before them.32 Officials called the rebels "deserters," which is instructive. Governors'... | |
 | Charles Johnson, Patricia Smith, WGBH Series Research Team - 1999 - 554 pages
...which they halted in a field, and set to Dancing, Singing, and beating Drums, to draw more Negroes to them, thinking they were now victorious over the...marched ten Miles, and burnt all before them without Opposition. The rebels may have expected Spanish support; they may have hoped eventually to disappear... | |
 | Willie Lee Nichols Rose - 1999 - 558 pages
...on which they halted in a field, and set to dancing, Singing and beating Drums, to draw more Negroes to them, thinking they were now victorious over the whole Province, having marched ten miles & burnt all before them without Opposition, but the Militia being raised, the Planters with great briskness... | |
 | William Randolph Scott - 2000 - 486 pages
...on which they halted in a field, and set to dancing, Singing and beating Drums, to draw more Negroes to them, thinking they were now victorious over the whole Province, having marched ten miles & burnt all before them without Opposition, but the Militia being raised, the Planters with great briskness... | |
 | Suk Hi Kim - 2010 - 232 pages
...on which they halted in a field, and set to dancing, Singing and beating Drums, to draw more Negroes to them, thinking they were now victorious over the whole Province, having marched ten miles & burnt all before them without Opposition, but the Militia being raised, the Planters with great briskness... | |
 | Richard Crawford - 2001 - 1000 pages
...on which they halted in a field, and set to dancing, Singing and beating Drums, to draw more Negroes to them, thinking they were now victorious over the whole Province, having marched ten miles & burnt all before them without • • ")R opposition. The rampage ended the day it began. But it... | |
 | Dena J. Epstein - 2003 - 468 pages
...to ... the Lord Bishop of London, pp. 12, 90-94. 52. Whitefield, Three Letters. Letter III, p. 14. thinking they were now victorious over the whole Province, having marched ten miles & burnt all before them without opposition. . . . 53 A tantalizing hint of African religious music... | |
 | Alan Rice - 2003 - 260 pages
...beating, pursuing all the white people they met with . . . They halted in a field and set to dancing . . . thinking they were now victorious over the whole Province, having marched ten miles & burnt all before them, (quoted in ibid.: 43) While their victory dance was premature, the ceremonial... | |
 | 1740 - 622 pages
...which they halted in a Field, and fet to Dancing, Singing, and beating Drums, to draw more Negroes to them, thinking they were now victorious over the...marched ten Miles, and burnt all before them without Oppefition : But, the Militia being raifed, the Planters with great Brifknefs purfued them, and when... | |
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