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Vain would be rendered the most exact adher- 
ance to the rules and principles laid down in the 
foregoing pages, if a judicious mode of conduct 
towards the class of people whose labour must put 
them in execution was not observed. Moderation* 
and humanity towards them are the first and most 
essential requisites, to which the interest of the 
Planter most incline him. Human nature of all 
colours and climes is nearly the same ; and in all 
constituted societies, from Kingdoms and Colonies 
to a Plantation, the disposition of the subject, the 
inhabitant, and the servant, must be studied and 
considered, and prudent avail be made thereof. 
In our commerce with the world, however circum- 
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scribed the sphere we move in, we are obliged to 
enter in some degree into the study of mankind ; 
and a person to whom is confided the charge arid 
government of some bundled subordinate Beings r 
among whom some stand in the. relationship of 
Husband and Wife,' Child and Parent—and in 
which age and infancy, robustness and debility, 
are included, must devote himself to acquire some 
knowledge of the disposition, as well as in the 
mass, of each individual composing such a set of 
people. 
The Blacks are not quite that simple description 
of people which our philanthropists are pleased to 
represent them. A Negro*, whether a Creole or 
African, of any standing in the Colonies, is more 
polished, and better able to work his way in the 
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