maccarony

So I sent him a piece of money to encourage him; and told him that I sent him a maccarony for behaving well, and wished to know whether any one had ever given him a maccarony for behaving ill.

Journal of a Residence among the Negroes in the West Indies Matthew Gregory 1845

After the christening there was a general distribution of saltfish by the trustee; and I also gave every man and woman half a dollar each, and every child a maccarony (fifteen pence) as a parting present, to show them that I parted with them in good humour.

Journal of a Residence among the Negroes in the West Indies Matthew Gregory 1845

So on Wednesday last, as he happened to come in my way, I gave him all proper commendation for having got rid of his bad habits; and to make the praise better worth his having, I added a maccarony: he was gratified in the extreme, thanked me a thousand times, promised most solemnly never to behave ill again, and ran away that very night.

Journal of a Residence among the Negroes in the West Indies Matthew Gregory 1845