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SLAVERY. 



mem imbibe unsettled habits ; but if an ade- 

 quate number of females are placed upon the 

 estate, and the slaves are trained and taught in 

 the manner which is practised upon well-regu- 

 lated plantations, the negroes will be as correct 

 in their behaviour, as any other body of men ; 

 and perhaps their conduct may be less faulty 

 than that of other descriptions of persons, who 

 have less to occupy their time, though their edu- 

 cation may be infinitely superior. That many 

 men and many women will be licentious, has 

 been and is still the lot of human nature, and 

 not the peculiar fault of the much injured race 

 of which I speak. 



I shall now state the manner in which the 

 Africans are transported from their own country 

 to Brazil, and the disposal of them on their 

 arrival in South-America ; the characters of the 

 several African nations with which the ships are 

 loaded ; the condition of those who are em- 



was immediately questioned ; and other enquiries being 

 made, and the truth of. the statement respecting her conduct 

 being proved, she was tied to a post to be flogged. Her 

 husband was present, and at first he rather received pleasure 

 from the sight of her sufferings ; but he soon stopped the 

 driver's hand, and going to his master, begged him to order 

 her to be unbound, and that he would pardon her, for he 

 added, " If there are to be so many men, and so small a 

 number of women upon the estate, how is it to be expected 

 that the latter are to be faithful." "Para que Seuho> tew 

 lanlos ?iegros ct lam j>oiicas negras." 



