After emancipation, the whole of these came back, and plead with me to employ them, that they might live in their former houses."-- _James Howell, Esq._ "Very few of my people have left me.

The negroes are peculiar for their attachment to their homes."-- _Samuel Barnard, Esq., of Green Castle_.
"Love of home is very remarkable in the negroes.

It is a passion with them.

On one of the estates of which I am attorney, a part of the laborers were hired from other proprietors.

They had been for a great many years living on the estate, and they became so strongly attached to it, that they all continued to work on it after emancipation, and they still remain on the same property.