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 the pledge newly given to his property of the attachment of the parent to that ſpot upon which her child is born. I think that negroes in general are tender of their children, particularly of thoſe who are in a ſtate of helpleſſneſs; and if they were encouraged as nurſes, I am apt to believe that ſo many would not be loſt within ſo ſhort a period as nine days after their birth. I am aware that there are many planters who do not with their women to breed, as