The negroes are loth to leave their homes, and they very seldom do so unless forced away by ill treatment."-- _Dr.Daniell_.
On a certain occasion we were in the company of four planters, and among other topics this subject was much spoken of.

They all accorded perfectly in the sentiment that the negroes were peculiarly sensible to the influence of local attachments.

One of the gentlemen observed that it was a very common saying with them--"_Me nebber leave my bornin' ground_,"-- i.e., birth-place.
An aged gentleman in St.John's, who was formerly a planter, remarked, "The negroes have very strong local attachments.

They love their little hut, where the calabash tree, planted at the birth of a son, waves over the bones of their parents.

They will endure almost any hardship and suffer repeated wrongs before they will desert that spot." Such are the sentiments of West India planters; expressed, in the majority of cases, spontaneously, and mostly in illustration of other statements.