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“...BARBADOS
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763 acres, three windmills with the necessary
building for the cultivation of sugar, 315 negroes,
and 100 head of cattle, to the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel, in trust for the
maintenance of a convenient number of pro-
fessors and scholars, “ all of them to be under
the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience;
who shall be obliged to study and practice
physic and chirurgery, as well as divinity;
that by the apparent usefulness of the former to
all mankind, they may both endear themselves to
the people and have the better opportunities of
doing good to men’s souls, whilst they are taking
care of their bodies.” At that time the planta-
tions were computed to yield a net income of
£2000 clear of all charges. The erection of the
college buildings was begun in 1716, and the
masonry was finished in 1721; but it was many
years before the college was completed, owing to
a debt due to the Society from the estates, which
was not cleared off until...”
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