The finery of the negroes was in sad contrast with the simplicity we had just seen at the Moravian chapel.

Their dresses were of every color and style; their hats were of all shapes and sizes, and fillagreed with the most tawdry superfluity of ribbons.

Beneath these gaudy bonnets were glossy ringlets, false and real, clustering in tropical luxuriance.

This fantastic display was evidently a rude attempt to follow the example set them by the white aristocracy.
The choir was composed chiefly of colored boys, who were placed on the right side of the organ, and about an equal number of colored girls on the left.

In front of the organ were eight or ten white children.