The emancipated negroes feel a great anxiety for the education of their children.

They encourage them to go to school, and they labor to support them, while they have strong temptation to detain them at home to work.
They also pay a small sum every week for the maintenance of the schools.
In conclusion, we would observe, that one of the prominent features of _regenerated_ Antigua, is its _education_.

An intelligent religion, and a religious education, are the twin glories of this emancipated colony.
It is comment enough upon the difference between slavery and freedom, that the same agents which are deprecated as the destroyers of the one, are cherished as the defenders of the other.
Before entering upon a detail of the testimony which bears more directly upon slavery in America, we deem it proper to consider the inquiry.
"What is the amount of freedom in Antigua, as regulated by law ?" 1st.

The people are entirely free from the whip, and from all compulsory control of the master.
2d.

They can change employers whenever they become dissatisfied with their situation, by previously giving a month's notice.
3d.