In connection with the conduct of the non-praedials, he mentioned the following instance of white brutality and negro magnanimity.

A planter, whose negroes he was classifying, brought forward a woman whom he claimed as a praedial.

The woman declared that she was a non-praedial, and on investigation it was clearly proved that she had always been a domestic; and consequently entitled to freedom in 1838.

After the planter's claim was set aside, the woman said, "_Now_ I will stay with massa, and be his 'prentice for de udder two year." Shortly before we left the Bay, our landlady, a colored woman, introduced one of her neighbors, whose conversation afforded us a rare treat.

She was a colored lady of good appearance and lady like manners.
Supposing from her color that she had been prompted by strong sympathy in our objects to seek an interview with us, we immediately introduced the subject of slavery, stating that as we had a vast number of slaves in our country, we had visited Jamaica to see how the freed people behaved, with the hope that our countrymen might be encouraged to adopt emancipation.