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to their revered mafter as a kind and affe£tiori- 

 ate parent ; and with undivided — unfophifti- 

 cated attachment cheerfully devote, to him, 

 their labour and their lives. 



Not fatisfied with beftowing upon his 

 flaves mere food and raiment, Mr. Dougan. 

 eftablifhes for them a kind of right, He af- 

 fures to them certain property, endeavors to 

 excite feelings of emulation among them, 

 and to infpire them with a fpirit of neatnefs 

 and order, not commonly known among 

 Haves : and I am happy to add that the effe£ts 

 of his friendly attentions, towards them, are 

 ftrongly manifefted in their perfons, their 

 dwellings, and their general demeanour. — Per- 

 haps it were not too much to fay, that the 

 negro yard at " Profit" forms one of the 

 happieft villages within the wide circle of the 

 globe ! The labouring poor of Europe can 

 attain to no ftate at all adequate to fuch 

 flavery, for had they equal comforts, ftill 

 could they never be equally free from care. 



The flaves of Mr. Dougan are not only 

 fed, and clothed, and tenderly watched in fick- 

 nefs, without any perfonal thought, or con- 



