Family and Colour in JamaicaMacgibbon & Kee, 1968 - 208 pages |
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Page 60
... never be invited to a party to which only close friends consisting of fair people had been invited . Incidentally , Custos is one of the offices in Jamaica which has never been held by a black man . A black man , therefore , cannot ...
... never be invited to a party to which only close friends consisting of fair people had been invited . Incidentally , Custos is one of the offices in Jamaica which has never been held by a black man . A black man , therefore , cannot ...
Page 196
... never get a piece of it tonight for you eat your share already . ' I got for my supper bread an tea . I did not take up the chicken the way I was vexed . I got one flogging , that I will never forget I went to my bed at eight o'clock ...
... never get a piece of it tonight for you eat your share already . ' I got for my supper bread an tea . I did not take up the chicken the way I was vexed . I got one flogging , that I will never forget I went to my bed at eight o'clock ...
Page 199
... never to bring an illegitimate child into the world and by Gods will I have kept that promise . It was a sad face which my step - father ( for that is what I now called him ) , saw when he came home from his work that evening . As usual ...
... never to bring an illegitimate child into the world and by Gods will I have kept that promise . It was a sad face which my step - father ( for that is what I now called him ) , saw when he came home from his work that evening . As usual ...
Contents
PREFACE BY DR MEYER FORTES page | 9 |
AUTHORS FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION | 15 |
Introductory | 21 |
Copyright | |
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