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 105; agrarian notions, 106; universally pilferers, 106; their simulation of illness, 118; Dr. Cartwright's work on their diseases, 122; runaways in the swamp, 155; mode of hunting them, 156; superior character of those employed in the turpentine forest, 188; repulsive appearance of, on a Carolina plantation, 208; their love for fires in the open air, 215; occasional instances of trustworthiness and intelligence, 240; employed in the cultivation of rice, 243; field-hands, 245; effect of organization of labour, 248; permission to labour for themselves after working hours, 251; evil effects of grog-shops, 251; excitement at religious meetings, 259, 315; their jocosity, 281; engaged, in cultivation of sugar, 319, 328; their thoughts of being free, 334, 339; capacity for learning, ii., 70, 99; mode of working in Mississippi, 178; treated as mere property on large plantations, 192; general character of, 221. See Slaves.

Negro consumption, i., 123.

Negro slaveowners in Louisiana, i., 336; their cruelty, 336.

Negro-traders in Louisiana and Kentucky, ii., 44.

New Orleans, arrival at, i., 290; first impressions, 291; the French quarter, 291; cathedral, 293; mixture of races, 294; a lot of twenty-two negroes, 295; number of free labourers, 299; manners and morals of the citizens, 302; association with mulatto and quadroon females, 302.

'New Orleans Crescent,' quoted, i., 300, 301.

'New Orleans Delta,' on justice to slaves, ii., 185.

Newton, the Hon. Willoughby, on the introduction of guano, i., 101.

'New York Times,' letters to, on slave and free labour, i., 134, 135, ii., 268.

Norfolk (Virginia), its filthy condition, i., 142; natural advantages for trade and commerce, 143; market gardens, 153; hotel accommodation, 159.

'Norfolk Argus,' the, quoted, i., 154.

"Norther," a, ii., 6; disinclination to labour caused by, 9.

Nott, Dr., his 'Essay on the Value of Life in the South,' quoted, ii., 257.

Oak-woods, near Natchez, ii., 165.

Ohio, produce per acre compared with that of Virginia, ii., 255.

"Old Family," the traditional, of Virginia or South Carolina, ii., 335.

"Old Man Corse," an Italian-French emigrant, ii., 32; his house and family, 32; conversation with a negro, 34.

Old Settler's, a night at an, in Eastern Texas, ii., 4.

Opelousas (Louisiana), ii., 30.

Overseers, character of, i., 53, 94; ii., 184, 189; a kind and efficient one on a Carolina plantation, i., 208; stringent terms of contract, 250; precaution against undue corporeal punishment, 251; surly behaviour of one in Mississippi, ii., 94; another specimen, 143; a night in an overseer's cabin, 175; wages of, 185, 195; their want of consideration for slaves, 189.

Passes to negroes, forged, i., 301

Patent Medicines, ii., 175.

Patent Office Reports for 1847 and 1852, quoted, i., 115.

"Patriarchal Institution," a favourable aspect of the, i., 236.

Peddlers of tobacco, i., 209; of cheap literature, 345.

Peripneumonia notha, or cold plague, i., 123.

Phillips, Mr. M. W., on plantation economy, ii., 186.

Physical power, necessary to maintain discipline among slaves, i., 124.

'Picayune, The,' quoted, i., 343; ii., 211.

"Plank-dancing," ii., 73.

Plantations in South Carolina described, i., 207, 233; in Georgia, 243; in Louisiana, 317; Creole plantation, 340; in Eastern Texas, 372; ii., 9,