The market place, which yesterday was full of swarming life, and sent forth a confused uproar, was deserted and dumb--not a straggler was to be seen of all the multitude.
On approaching the Moravian chapel we observed the negroes, wending their way churchward, from the surrounding estates, along the roads leading into town.
When we entered the chapel the service had begun, and the people were standing, and repeating their liturgy.

The house, which was capable of holding about a thousand persons, was filled.

The audience were all black and colored, mostly of the deepest Ethiopian hue, and had come up thither from the estates, where once they toiled as slaves, but now as freemen, to present their thank-offerings unto Him whose truth and Spirit had made them free.

In the simplicity and tidiness of their attire, in its uniformity and freedom from ornament, it resembled the dress of the Friends.

The females were clad in plain white gowns, with neat turbans of cambric or muslin on their heads.