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" It is a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum of people, and wicked condemned men, to be the people with whom you plant ; and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation ; for they will ever live like rogues, and not fall to work, but be lazy,... "
The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay - Page 288
by Francis Bacon - 1838
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British Colonization and Coloured Tribes

Saxe Bannister - Colonization - 1838 - 344 pages
...displanted to the end to plant in others ; for else it is rather an extirpation than a plantation. It is a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum...condemned men, to be the people with whom you plant. If you plant where savages are, do not only entertain them with trifles and gingles, but use them justly...
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The natural history of society in the barbarous and civilized state

William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 800 pages
...conviction of the impolicy as well as the immorality of such colonization. " It is," said that great man, " a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum of...their country to the discredit of the plantation."* To colonists of such description, Lord Bacon has indeed bequeathed in vain the exhortation which follows:...
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Substance of a Speech on Transportation, Delivered in the House of Lords on ...

Richard Whately - Penal colonies - 1840 - 128 pages
...DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, ON THE 19TH OF MAY, 1840, RICHARD WHATELY, DD ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN. 'It is a shameful and unblessed thing to take the...wicked condemned men, to be the people with whom you plant."—LORD BACON. LONDON: B. FELLOWES, LUDGATE STREET. 1840. LONDON: R. CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD STREET...
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The Natural History of Society in the Barbarous and Civilized ..., Volume 2

William Cooke Taylor - Civilization - 1841 - 348 pages
...tion of the impolicy as well as the immorality of such colonization. " It is," said that great man, " a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum of...their country to the discredit of the plantation."* To colonists of such description, Lord Bacon has indeed bequeathed in vain the exhortation which follows...
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The Southern and Western Literary Messenger and Review, Volume 13

1847 - 814 pages
...says : — "It is a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum of people, wicked, condemned men, with whom you plant and not only so, but it spoileth...and not fall to work, but be lazy and do mischief, spend victuals and be quickly weary." Immediately upon Smith's departure, the Indians renewed their...
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Introduction to the History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia

Charles Campbell - History - 1847 - 224 pages
...says : — " It is a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum of people, wicked, condemned men, with whom you plant and not only so, but it spoileth...and not fall to work, but be lazy and do mischief, spend victuals and be quickly weary." Immediately upon Smith's departure, the Indians renewed their...
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 13

1847 - 784 pages
...says :— "It is a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum of people, wicked, condemned men, with whom you plant and not only so, but it spoileth...and not fall to work, but be lazy and do mischief, spend victuals and be quickly weary." Immediately upon Smith's departure, the Indians renewed their...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...as may stand with the good of the plantation, but no further. It is a shameful and unblessed tiling to take the scum of people and wicked condemned men,...be lazy, and do mischief, and spend victuals, and bo quickly weary, and then certify over to their country to the discredit of the plantation. The people...
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A Treatise on the Conduct of the Understanding

John Locke - Intellect - 1849 - 372 pages
...drawing of profit in the first years. It is true, speedy profit is uot to be neglected, as far as it may stand with the good of the plantation, but no...people with whom you plant ; and not only so, but it spci'.eth the plantation; for they will ever live like rogues, and not fall to work, but be lazy, and...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - Biography - 1850 - 590 pages
...profit is not to be neglected, as far as may stand with the good of the plantation, but no further. o place here, as that which of all others appertained...thereof. For the mind of man is far from the nature of tlieir country to the discredit of the plantation. The people wherewith you plant ought to be gardeners,...
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