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ever, undoubtedly we must
extend this punishment to
white men as well. “Off with
their heads!!” I say “off with
them”. Any person, man or
woman, who seeks to taint
white blood should be burnt
at the stake and have their
heads cut off. These dis-
gusting negro animals will
cause our race to die out.
……..continue Off With
Their Heads Page 2
My brothers, my neigh-
bours, my friends today I
greave. Our island has
been rocked to the core by
the constant contamination
of white blood by the horrid
dark creatures. We cannot
continue to allow this to
happen. More stringent
restrictions must be placed
on inter-marriages and sex-
ual relations between the
beastie creatures and per-
sons of white blood.
In the past we have limited
the punishment only to
women who are caught
having sexual relations with
the horrid creatures. How-
After weeks of unrest on the
Alcock Plantation on the neigh-
bouring Island of Nevis; the
revolt was quickly dismantled
thanks to our Island’s very own
Arnold Brown. Fifty-eight
slaves were killed by the militia
along with four sambos. The
Governor of Nevis had called
in the militia only a few days
prior to help quash the up-
heaval. However, this caused
more harm than good as the
savage beasts seemed to be
fuelled even more at the sight
of the militia . ……..continue
Uprising Dismantlement.
Page 2 .
O f f W i t h T h e i r H e a d s
H I G H L I G H T S
O F T H I S
I S S U E :
Off With their
Heads— Pastor
shares his views on
miscegenation
Huge Plantation Sale
Nevis Revolt Disman-
tled by local Planter
Learn to Pick Your
Negro… the 411 on
how to chose a slave
Hike in Sugar Prices
and more...
I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
Off With Their Heads 1
Uprising Dismantled 1
Breaking the Beast 4
Choosing Your Negro 5
Missing Slaves 7
Food and Etiquette 8
News From Home 10
U p r i s i n g D i s m a n t l e d
The Gazette Volume 1, Issue 1
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U p r i s i n g D i s m a n t l e d C o n t i n u e d . . .
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 lead-
ership and as saved us from the cruel savages” said Governor Wilshire when interviewed by
the Nevis Gazette.
from the colony or by being beaten and arrested but, with exe-
cution. Interracial sex is, in deed, a deviant within the institu-
tion of slavery and thus a beating does not equate to the malig-
nant mixture of negro and white blood. Similarly, I propose that
we have frequent public castrations and lynching of negro men
for raping or desiring sexual relations with our white women.
However, sex between white men and negro women are often
not seen as threatening the white power structure, instead
many wrongfully see it as reinforced the domination of white
men. This disgusting mixture is often viewed as not challenging
the purity of the white race because children born of white fa-
thers and negro mothers are given their correct status as
slaves …..Conitnue on page 3
Our children will neigh like animals if we continue.
We cannot allow this. I call on the governor of our
island to deal with this villainous act before our Lord
destroys this island, killing all our profits.
The governor needs to put in place more stringent
statutes against miscegenation between negroes
and whites. We must stop that abominable mixture
and spurious issue which, hereafter may increase in
this dominion by negroes and mulattoes having sex-
ual relations and intermarrying with English white
women. Consequently anyone involved in interracial
sex must face formal sanctions, punishment, and
social exclusion. Furthermore, white women roman-
tically or sexually involved with negro men must be
vehemently punished, not simply by being banished
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O F F W i t h T h e i r H e a d s C o n t i n u e d . . .
“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
T h e G a z e t t e
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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
P a g e 3 V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 1
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most giving it away .
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O F F W i t h T h e i r H e a d s C o n t i n u e d . . .
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In order to control your slave they must fear you. You must train
them into knowing that any form of disobedience or insolence
will result in pain. If they do not like pain then they will refrain
from such behaviour.
Firstly lashes should be meted out frequently and villainously
until you are satisfied that the slave has learned a lesson in the
case of disobedience. It is almost guaranteed that there will be
improvement in behaviour with such a method. Not to mention
that in such times of apprehension of revolt, one should instil
fear to the point where such an idea is driven out of the head of
the negroes. In addition to this, to maintain control with this
method one must separate any form of gatherings and minimize
social contact as well as privileges. …Continued on Page 6 —
Breaking the Beast
Breaking the Beast
P a g e 4 V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 1
There are different ways in which you may control
your negro slaves. Your slave is nothing more than
your property and therefore you hold the power to do
what you want with them. They are sub-human,
beasts of burden who if not trained properly will be-
come eternally lazy.
Negroes are simply there to serve and should do so
in a consistent and respectable manner. How does
one go about this? There are different ways. Based
on my observations on some plantations in around
the British West Indies I saw too major approaches.
The easiest and perhaps most widely used method
would be “the whip”.
CARTOON
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P a g e 5 V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 1
“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
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 counterbal-
ance this, they are formed and disciplined accord-
ing to the master's own ideas, and it is the surest
means make a good and beautiful gang. I would
advise to purchase only negro boys and girls of
fourteen and fifteen.
In the Choice of Guinea negroes, the planter ought
to attend to the following circumstances: youth, an
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,
round thighs, dry knees, muscular calves, lean an-
kles, long and lean legs ; an easy and free move-
ment of the limbs; and a middling stature, or rather
small. … Continue on Page 7—Choosing Your Ne-
Strong Neck
Open Chest
Muscular
Abdomen
Muscular
Calves
Easy & Free Move-
ment of Limbs
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Breaking the Beast CONTINUED….
P a g e 6 V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 1
BROWN
CAMBRIDGE
CAPRICE
CHRISTIANIA
COLONIZATION
EMILY
ENGLAND
GARMENT
HERCULES
HORSE-TRADING
LONELINESS
LOVE
MARRIAGE
MCDONALD
MISCEGENATION
MOTHERHOOD
NEGRO
PHILLIPS
PLANTATION
PROPRIETY
ROGERS
SLAVE
STELLA
SUGAR
TRAVEL
WHITE
FUN TIME Consistency in doing this will lessen the chance of any form of re-
bellion 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 disobedi-
ence but will not be as severe as the other method. The major dif-
ference is a rewarding system for slaves. This may be done by al-
lowing 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
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 direc-
tion in making such a dire approach. The decisions you make in
controlling your slaves may result in progress or a revolt. It is there-
fore important for one to take great consideration.
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M i s s i n g S l a v e s
£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. — ___________
£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 appear-ance. The above reward will be paid on his deliv-ery to me— _________
Choosing Your Negro CONTINUED….
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 perspi-
ration. They must next be clothed as the climate requires (b). It is like-
wise extremely necessary to cause them to drink for the space of a fort-
night, a sudorific potion (as the dock water) to forward the eruption of
cutaneous limes, which the ship surgeons have often barbarously re-
pressed, 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.
I prefer setting negroes to work as soon as they arrive, avoiding expo-
sure 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.
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Through my detailed observations I’ve come across major
problems in the Caribbean when it comes to food and eti-
quette 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 ca-
pable 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
what to do and what not to do. The first thing I thought I
would never see was an “example” being set by an overseer
himself. Without any concern, this man was using a dining
fork to dig mud out his boots vigorously. What should be
made clear is that utensils should be used for eating and
eating only.
F o o d a n d E t i q u e t t e
Behavior like this would only be expected from the negroes
who do not know any better and not from an Englishman.
In addition, I observed the uncivilized nature of the “negro
feast”.
Not even so much as plates or cups are used by these ani-
mals 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 carnivo-
rous. 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 un-
acceptable 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 help-
lessly drunk as the niggers did should be avoided as well seeing that we are a society of class. Never should a negro be al-
lowed 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 Eng-
land 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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The Stockton &
Darlington Railroad Opened
The Stockton & Darlington Railroad was opened yesterday
September 27th, 1825. An enormous crowd of approxi-
mately 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 hors-
es.
The Darlington & Stockton Railroad will begin running eve-
ry 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 passen-
gers 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 Brit-
ain cannot wait to have their chance to ride on this beauti-
ful machine.
Sugar Prices
Sky rocket!!
There has been a hike in prices for sugar in Britain.
The rates of sugar have shot up from £1 for 10
pounds of sugar to £2.5 per 10 pounds of sugar. Pric-
es 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 contin-
ues 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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