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rare, as was indeed sufficiently proved by the indig 

 nation which it excited in the whole city. A New 

 England lady settled here told me, she had promised 

 to set free her two female coloured servants at her 

 death. I asked if she had no fear of their poisoning 

 her. &quot; On the contrary,&quot; she replied, &quot; they would 

 be in despair were I to die.&quot; 



One of the families which we visited at New Or 

 leans was plunged in grief by the death of a little 

 negro girl, suddenly carried off by a brain fever, in 

 the house. She was the daughter of a domestic 

 servant, and the sorrow for her loss was such as 

 might have been felt for a relation. 



