They followed the example of the master, and were ready to minister to his lust.

The mass of mulatto population grew paler as it multiplied, and catching the refinement along with the tint of civilization, waged a war upon marriage which had well nigh expelled it from the island.

Such was Barbadoes under the auspices of slavery.
Although these evils still exist, yet, since the abolition of slavery, there is one symptom of returning purity, the _sense of shame_.
Concubinage is becoming disreputable.

The colored females are growing in self-respect, and are beginning to seek regular connections with colored men.

They begin to feel (to use the language of one of them) that the _light is come_, and that they can no longer have the apology of ignorance to plead for their sin.