New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-02
SLAVERY IN CUbA.
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CUBA, March, 1850.
have passed five Or six days here very pSSe
sstay. Mr.. z. is very sestlemaniy. Intelligent sna
s,.nS,v and ant chi, accompanies noe IN drives
al over HE estates, but answers all my n"ns1"as
Saestions, and seems desirous give me al ''e
Information In bis power.
II /. now the busiest Of the sugar Stason, AID
svsry,hisg 10 in full blast, The negroes are WORKED
s;sAteen or nineteen hours per day bat are well
I'd. And look cheerful. This hard work last over
Ave month";, and Il 10 said they Ike it better than
he rest Of the year, as they have more privileges
and arc better provided. The more see OF the
MANAGEMENT. the more am convinced that very
sttIe worL is done for the number Of hours The
superipteDdent ia a Spaniard, and the oVerseers
are Creoles All love their ease and the negro
las biz share PuDishments are rare, ana only
kr speh faults a. stealing and abusing one an
sther. Mr.. T.. says O blow is never struck Tor re.
nissness in WORK. He il a humane man, Is hna
IN all about hin, soes carefully 10 the SICK, snd
have aeon him do hundred acts OF kindness
Eyerv slave who makes complaint 10 pauenty
heard. and the matter Immediately looked INTO.
Most Of the negroes are Afrlcan-born and bear the
distinctive marks Of their tribes. i must say that
The dulI upintelligent animal face OF the negro IL
n vain for something in the smallest degree inter
sstine, but it is ali the same thing / cannot for
the life Of me get up any sympathy, ana ieei
infinitely more for the animals driven by the
negroes than for the negroes Themselves. 1hey are
perfectly unfeeliBg toward the poor oxen, and !
often think ] should like TO take the goad ana
teueb nm the black rascals. dare say the Carl
sonisns would cruelty me for this heterodo1y, but
I cannot love the race except at distance, and i
most sincerely wish they were all frying under
the sun of Africa. ] think none the less that
sMvery 10 an internal institution, and degrsdes
and demoralizes everything 1t t0sches. ne
awake listening to the iDcessant grinding OF The
sugar cane, for the work goes on oil night ana as
The huge wheel OF the steam.engne goes lts ceaee-
less round. IL seems loaded with black lxiOns re-
volying in endless torture. / ask myself: How
10 il that all this work Of these men, women and
animals must 20 on TO increase the wealth OF one
man who can sleep the night away while hundreds
are suffering for him alOnei Yet this 10 the insti-
tstion which IL becoming national with us, and 10
support which every other interest of our country
b sacrificed
II may appear paradoxical, but while care
precious little about the negro hate Slavery. IL
n a common mistake to call all Anti Slavery men
Abolitionists. am nti-Slavery 10 the back bone
90 far ss concerns ourselves, but am willing TO
let the Slave States alone, If they viii confne
Slavery to themselves and not thrust ts influence
on cOul0 UOb NlbH tbtm WVlo' Nhoh P'i-
pttuty Of the curse. 1t will kill them sooner or
later; but that is their lookout and they must 90
10 the devil their own way.
All the negroes here are coal black Africans.
There is not yet that mixture which makes the
hing lso truly awful with us. The lover Of beauty
should not come here unless he confines himself to
the vegetable world
drive out every morning and soon forget the
making Of sugar among the orange trees and end |
Isss variety Of luxuriant vegetation. Within two |
niles there lie coffee plantation, belonging to Dir.
T. neglected because sugar is profitable and coffee
. rot A beautiful little cottage, sometimes occu-
pied BY Mrs. T., is surrounded by fruit and shade
rees, while the air is perfumed by flowers Trees
ire bending with tropical fruits and the ground is
golden with huge oranges, shaddocks and lemons,
eft TO rot because abundance has made them
= orthlon. The coffee trees are now in full flow
n, bees and humming- birds are everywhere long
avenues Of magnificent palms extend on every
,ide, Towering shrubs and trees meet you at every
,,ep and, to add 10 the enchantment of this fairy
re atm, there lie Il stiffness and repose well suited
70 the sceDe-a necessary accompaniment TO the
,eauty around you. The only thing that looks like
abOr is. in the distance a few women beating ar
row.roct into pulp and drying it into powder. 1t
\ place which ont dreams OF, but never expects
@ zee this side of Paradise. Money cannot be
ade OF it, and man allows it to rest. sit there
m hour or two every morning, and very reluctant
" come back TO sugar abOmination and to break
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