123 NEGROES IN LOUISIANA. [CHAP. XXIX, 



lady settled here told me, she had promised to set free her two 

 female colored 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 Orleans was 

 plunged in grief by the death of a little negro girl, suddenly car 

 ried 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. 



