( 37° ) 



fufficient nutriment to fuftain the hard- 

 eft labour in tiie moft enervating cli- 

 mate. 



The cloathing of the Negroes (th« 

 houfhold flaves excepted) is fcarce fuf- 

 ficient to anfwer the demands of mo- 

 de fly. Several modern Compilers of 

 the Hiftory of our Weft India fettle- 

 men ts have enumerated ftockings and 

 fhoes among the articles of cloathing 

 for the Negroes, though nothing could 

 more certainly betray their ignorance' 

 of this fubjedt, fince a flave in ftock- 

 ings and fhoes, in thefe countries, would 

 be as uncommon a fpe&acle, as a 

 Negro inftrufted in the principles of 

 Chriflianity \ and if any of them have 

 either ftiirts, breeches, or petticoats, 

 they are the produce of their own pri- 

 vate induftry, as their mailers furnifh 

 only a piece of coarfe blue, or brown 

 linen, which is applied to the middle 



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