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Show lSS JAMAICA· h hers an d stJ· n greater the love and eor-were t e num ' b ttended on the occasion. f tl negroes w 0 a diality o 1e well-be b ave d peasantry they certainly A prosperous, 1. I m came to the meeting 011 I umber o t1e are-a arge n . . happiness, of no common b ~ To us 1t was a ' horse ac '· . . tl our brethren and sisters of l ag·tin to mute WI ' • f on eAr, f' · ' race m. d .· king at the fountam o the Il11 the nca~. ' B, t I must bring this long letter to a waters of hie. u conclusion. I am, &c. &c. LETTER XI. JAMAlCA. Providence, R.I. Sz'xth month (June) 26th, 1840. Mv DEAR FRIEND, Early in the morning of Third month (March) the 23rd, we quitted Mandeville on our journey back to Spanishtown. We had been previously introduced to W. D. a planter of high character in the neighborhood. He was once an irreligious man, and warm on the side of slavery. Now he has become the devout Christian, and conducts his estates to the comfort of his people, and greatly to his own ease and profit, on the liberal and enlightened system adopted by A. B. and D1-. Davy. He is selling little freeholds, within his own property, to the laborers, with admirable effect. They are working well for him, and his crops are abundant. He grows rich upon freedom, and expends his surplus revenue, in promoting the cause of religion and philanthropy. ' As I was riding down the Mandeville hills, on a hackney lent me by the missionaries, enjoying the grandeur of nature and the beauties of cultivation, I overtook a good looking young negro, handsomely |