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104 town of Windsor, Canada, a gentleman came and spoke to me as a friend. I knew him not. Said he, "Don't you know me?" "I do not, sir," I replied. He then mentioned where I lived, and a few incidents which brought him to my remembrance. Being much pleased, I said, "This is Davis." He was dressed well, appeared quite respectable, and could look a man in the face instead of looking on the ground. He said, if I needed money, he had a little, and I should have part of it. Here was a benevolent heart in the bosom of a coloured man, once a slave.

It is the opinion of some few Slaveholders that religion is a more effectual means to extort labour from the Slave than the lash. Such allow their Slaves to be taught the precepts of religion, sufficient at least to produce obedience. Such instruction is given orally, and no more than will effect the subjugation of the Slave to the will of the master without the use of a more severe punishment. This is true to no ordinary extent; at least, up to a certain point. Dr. Brisbane, of South Carolina, a Slaveholder, testifies to the correctness of this opinion. He says "Religion did more good to effect obedience among his Slaves than a waggon-load of whips." To the honour and credit of this Christian minister he emancipated his Slaves, moved north, and