RICHMOND. 



Richmond, an extremely handsome town, 

 contains about 40,000 inhabitants, of whom 

 two-thirds are persons of colour, and a great 

 proportion of these slaves. Every servant, 

 man, woman, and child, is a slave, but to my 

 great and agreeable surprise I found slavery 

 here possesses none of the horrors I had at 

 home been accustomed to hear connected with 

 it for the slaves in Virginia are well clothed 

 and well fed, and kindly treated, and to all ap- 

 pearance contented and happy ; indeed, I should 

 say their condition physically is one of great com- 

 fort and enjoyment, in comparison with that 

 of our own manufacturing population, by thou- 

 sands of whom, I cannot doubt, it would, in 

 relation to the necessaries of life, be looked up- 

 on with envy. 



The men, for the greater part, are strong, 

 muscular, and good-looking ; and of the 

 women, many are handsome, particularly the 

 nursery maids, housemaids, and other domes- 

 tics, who, in dress and person, appear as 

 gay, and tasteful, and tidy, as the most buxom 

 of our lasses. 



