"refuse" fish

refuse n These [colonial vessels] vessels brought ladings of bread, peas, flour, beef, pork, butter, tar, boards, brown sugar, and molasses, and received in exchange brandy, clothing, fishing gear, hard money in the form of Spanish pieces of eight, if they were obtainable, French and Spanish wines,...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/69570
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Summary:refuse n These [colonial vessels] vessels brought ladings of bread, peas, flour, beef, pork, butter, tar, boards, brown sugar, and molasses, and received in exchange brandy, clothing, fishing gear, hard money in the form of Spanish pieces of eight, if they were obtainable, French and Spanish wines, as well as "some red stinking fish" otherwise known as "refuse" fish which they took to Barbados to serve as food for the negro slaves. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story MAR 1971 JH MAR 1971 Used I Used I Used I

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