7.] William E.Charming expressed his deep regret that the whole lot of the slave was fitted to keep his mind in childhood and bondage.

To Channing it seemed shameful that, although the slave lived in a land of light, few beams found their way to his benighted understanding.

He was given no books to excite his curiosity.

His master provided for him no teacher but the driver who broke him almost in childhood to the servile tasks which were to fill up his life.

Channing complained that when benevolence would approach the slave with instruction it was repelled.