We trod a soil from which the last vestige of slavery had been swept away! To us, accustomed as we were to infer the existence of slavery from the presence of a particular hue, the numbers of negroes passing to and fro, engaged in their several employments, denoted a land of oppression; but the erect forms, the active movements, and the sprightly countenances, bespoke that spirit of disinthrallment which had gone abroad through Antigua.
On the day of our arrival we had an interview with the Rev.James Cox, the superintendent of the Wesleyan mission in the island.

He assured us that we need apprehend no difficulty in procuring information, adding, "We are all free here now; every man can speak his sentiments unawed.

We have nothing to conceal in our present system; had you come here as the _advocates of slavery_ you might have met with a very different reception." At the same time we met the Rev.N.Gilbert, a clergyman of the English Church, and proprietor of an estate.

Mr.G.expressed the hope that we might gather such facts during our stay in the island, as would tend effectually to remove the curse of slavery from the United States.

He said that the failure of the crops, from the extraordinary drought which was still prevailing, would, he feared, be charged by persons abroad to the new system.