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 men: they are not ſubject to the chance of war, nor does the breaſt of the mother beat with conſtant trepidation for the danger of a huſband or the loſs of a child; nor is ſhe ſubject to the mortification of ſeeing them ſnatched from her boſom to undergo eternal baniſhment, or ſuffer the anticipation of death. The comforts of certainty in a domeſtic life at leaſt ſhe may gain by an alteration of her ſtate, and conſole herſelf with ſeeing the ſame protection extended to thoſe ſhe loves which ſhe enjoys, and that the chances in her favour are, that they will not ever be disjoined. I firmly believe that there is not a deſcription of people in the world, leſs occupied by uneaſy ſenſations, who are more diſpoſed to be, and who really are, more happy than the generality of negroes after the toil of the day is over, when aſſembled in their huts, converſing over their fires, and anticipating the pleaſures of the approaching meal, (which generally conſiſts of pottage, highly ſeaſoned, and is ſuch as may be conſidered a luxury in any climate) and of theſe the generality of them partake, to their utmoſt wiſh, at leaſt