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London, England, 1807-02-18 00:00:00

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care taken of them.
'it may not be asnift to Dit• e here the method T Our-
foe in the management deny own flames it is a rule
with me never in pnlh them, for the fake of making
a few nussehottflicaels of fugar. I never Infer them
to he :minified with undue feverity—always win/
in trija. et; cod 44► their complaints, and rediefs their
grievaanes.in thi heft manner I am able. However
lifing the work on the.planution may be, I never
debar loom of inic day in the week out of ctop,ezelutive
of their Sunday, which day is chiefly employed in
the working their own grounds and planting peovi-
tiln‘. I allOw them as much land as they can cuhi.
vote for their provitions, and a good piece of cane
'sodas contiguous to their bottles as eircumfiances
will admits that they may be able the better to Attend
to it, In the mouth of May I allot a piece (.1 cane
land to my isegtoeslit plant yams and potatoes; they
dig themin the month of December following, and
the fame land is in the month of January holed and
planted in canes, and will produce more fugar titan
it bad not been given to them ; becssife it is well
turned up by drawing the yams. %Vete thi. method
duly attended tov I will venture to fay, it would be
Prodadive of great advantage, not only to the 04,CS,
but tee& P tter__ tors of every fugar aft ate .through all
the Mantis. 'Choc negmes fliould be encouraged to
keep their little-Nock of pigs and poultry. and when
they Mk for half : day or a day. and aflign good rea-
fon for their tequett, I never refute it, parocolarly to
evowea wire have children I regularly give them
cloathing once a year, and to the poorer negroes as
open as they need it.
With regard to the lick, T have generally found the
cook to he the, ben' sham.. Should there be crap-
toms rot.fever, which chiefly stiles from curds, a law
grains of James% Powder and Calamel, given in time,
till generally elle& a cure. A proper woman lhould
bt felefted as a nurfe for the tick; if a negroe com-
plains of being uavvell, he or the fhoulJ be fent to the
Nick Houle, arid they will generally return the nest
iniorgging to their work with more vigour and ,fpirits.
Pregnant womeafhould not be put to hard work. PS
digAiniz cane holes or carrying heavy burdens, but
(aloe tight woe k Ihmild be afligned them, Inch as
weeding', &e. A careful and is ufiy woman thould
have tile care of the children. and great attention
Ihmild, he paid to keeping them clean. and a proper
gtl.fff it y of flour and fugar fhould be allowed the
mother a week. Mothers of young children &guild
be allowed at leall 'one hour More than the other
negrees migroing and aftetrionn, before they go into
the held, and they lbnuld not be required to carry
graft noon and night, as other negroes do.—
PAs tictilat attention &mold alto be paid to the build-
ing of ihiir Cuts—they Ihould be ereaed in a healthy
lineation. acid kept dry and warm. Some fisuations
are in unhealthy, that even the negrnes. inured as
they he to haidfhips. caanot enjoy health for any
time, and, in (itch, an increafe cannot he expeeed ;
hot, were they removed to a mme healthy (pot, and
prop, sly treated, according to the plan I have here
down, they world loon become healthy, and
their number' ircreafe. Some Gentlemen refident
in this country ate in the habit of giving their mana-
gers or attornies a guinea fn.' every hogfhead of (agar
Itrippet!—ltont, in my opinion, if they would allow
thetn an handlome premium for every sere child reared
sn thir ugate, and alto the means of taking care of
them, t !sty would au,' it turn to much better account.
'Dive is another material point to which I would
par tiz vitally with-to call the attention of the L.gifln-
tttre—.end that is. the Ft Peal of lonic of the Co lonia'
Law,, whereby the life of a Have may be taken
ay by a familiar y prised's. This, it is well known,
is the cafe in foam of the 'flan& ; and I earneflly
with to fee loch fanguinary laws totally aboliflied,
and that no fl.ave mould be concintned to fifer death,
nt by the vet tlie of a jury of twelve men, as is the
;ale with the wort' of his Majelly'slubjc&t.
Many Gentlemen have loppoted the Abolition of
Moe Slave "'lade would ale& the minds of the Ne-
groes, when they conic to underhand no more are to
be imported—but hoot the knowledge I have of their
etteral difpofition, I am fit mly palisaded they will
ejoit e at U. They will fay, if there are tin more
Sfave. to be brought to us, Matter will for his own
itticicit take thCbetter tare of us. Had the Trade
Gnu intied without any relltiaion, these would be ruch
a quantity of fugar made, that in my opinion, the old
fettled titmice that did not make a fuperior quality,
sung be &brilliantly maid. Sugars of an inleritm
svelte y would mot-fell fee as much as would •pay the
talents--indeed I will venture to fay they do taut
tooth exceed this at pedant.
For the reales'. above utentioaed„ I Rive it as my
decided opittiqu, that both inters) add Humanity coat
bow to putting an egad (lop to the further impor-
Slays,. This it not an opinion lightly taken
uti tut i. to coded on olifetvationt and confirmed by