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ence of subordination, and a disposition for revolt : 

 but time has abundantly proved that it was an ill- 

 judged and a ratal regulation. The Maroons instead 

 of being established into separate hordes or commu- 

 nities, in the strongest parts of the interior country, 

 should have been encouraged by all possible means to 

 frequent the towns and to intermix with the negroes 

 at large. All distinction between the Maroons and 

 the other free blacks would soon have been lost ; for 

 the greater number would have prevailed over the less : 

 whereas the policy of keeping them a distinct people 

 continually inured to arms, introduced among them 

 what the French call an esprit de corps, or a commu- 

 nity of sentiments and interests ; and concealing from 

 them the powers and resources of the whites, taught 

 them to feel, and at the same time highly to over-va- 

 lue, their own relative strength and importance, 



It has been urged against the colonial legislature, ar> 

 another, and a still greater, oversight, that after the 

 conclusion of the treaty, no manner of attention was 

 given to the improvement of these ignorant people in 

 civilization and morals. The office of supmnlendant? 

 it has been said, and I believe truly, was common! v 

 bestowed on persons of no education or consequence, 

 and soon became a mere sinecure. Mr. Long obser- 

 ved, many years ago, that the Maroons would proba- 

 bly prove more faithful allies, and better subjects, if 

 pains were taken to instil into their minds a few no- 

 tions of honesty and religion ; and the establishment 

 of schools, and the erection of a chapel in each of the 



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