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thofe of the poor and needy people of the 

 town. The latter, being in poverty them- 

 felves, can only give to their negroes a fcanty 

 allowance of food, while their indigence in- 

 duces them to exacl: an over-proportion of 

 labour. Hence the flaves of this clafs of peo- 

 ple appear too often with fliarp bones and 

 hungry flavid countenances, having eruptions 

 about the body, and their {kins of an unheal- 

 thy obfufcate hue. Their general appearance 

 indeed is dirty and unwholefome, and ft ri Ic- 

 ing! y marks their negle&ed ftate. Want and 

 wretchednefs are deeply ftamped in every line 

 of their perfons — and they may not inaptly be 

 faid to refemble the worn-out horfe, or the 

 ftarved and jaded afs, too often feen trembling 

 under a heavy burden — or reeling in an old 

 tattered cart upon the roads of England. 



It is not the practice to load the flaves 

 with fuperfluity of clothing* — A fhirt, and 

 a pair of breeches, or only the latter, for the 

 men ; and a fingle petticoat for the women, 

 conftitute the whole apparel. — Bedding and 

 bed-clothes find no place in their lift of ne- 

 ceflaries : they ufually fleep on a hard plank, 

 in the clothing of the day, Repofe is both 



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