At _night_ they cannot cultivate their grounds, then they work for their masters "very cheerfully." The manager stated, that there had been no disturbance with the people of Belvidere since the change.

They work well, and conduct themselves peaceably; and he had no fear but that the great body of the negroes would remain on the estate after 1840, and labor as usual.

This he thought would be the case on every estate where there _is mild management_.

Some, indeed, might leave even such estates to _try their fortunes_ elsewhere, but they would soon discover that they could get no better treatment abroad, and they would then return to their old homes.
While we were at Belvidere, Mr.Howell took us to see a new chapel which the apprentices of that estate have erected since 1834, by their own labor, and at their own expense.

The house is thirty feet by forty; composed of the same materials of which the negro huts are built.