EXPLORATION OF VIRGINIA GOLD MINTS. 379 



untary reports of the servants, that the sufferer was a negro 

 man whom we had seen about the harn where our lionet 

 were stabled. His offence was being seen m-ar tin- 

 where two negroes were imprisoned for an assault on r 

 master. It did not appear that he held any communu ;it'mn 

 with them, and it would appear very improbable that he 

 should attempt it in broad daylight, and in full view of all 

 passers-by. Slavery, begun in wrong, is sustained by a 

 cruel despotism. 



