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Show ro JAMAICA. 1 1 . fl black, w•a s d e,e ply serious, and. when the tion, c ne Y ' . • f Africa arose before us, the f b ff11cttOnS 0 sub.j ect o t e a o le b ecmn e intense. Many of them feeling of thr. pe P . 1 'nterest in the 1·eligious wei. k J to a It ve Y 1 are awa ene< fi whom they spring; and we f h people rom fare o t e 0 believe that negroes, from the h trong reasons t . d' . ave s I d' s w1. ll ere 1o n g be engaged m JSsemmat- West n Je ' f the gospel of Christ, among the ing a knowle~ge 0 f Af-' ca. The rising of this spirit · ht d natwns o 11 • c bemg e b 1 If of the land of thc1r 10re- l d zeal, on e la . of ove an f the blessed accompamments fathers, has been one o of their freedom. . met in the Wesleyan In the af.t ernoon \VC aamn ' b f f II M eting House, a vas t assembly 0 person.s o a ek and classes ; an d , a fter once more. pr.e ssmg. upohn ran s . fundamental pnncrples, m t e the~r attentwn f t::~~:h the true church of Christ, of mamtenance o d I r is one body, we took ntry an coo ' every naIm e, co1n ave 'o f J ama. i.c a ,a nd her inhabitants. a last so emn _e arted from our English Friends The next mornmg we p t on the island, went on who continue for tl~e presen I as soon as wind and board the ship Whitmore, an<' tides permitted, set sail for Havana. I am, &c. &c. LETTER XII. THE CONTRAST. Providence, R.I. Sixth month (June) 29th, 1840. MY DEAR FRIEND, My narrative respecting the British West India islands being now brought to a close, I will take the liberty of concentrating and recapitulating the principal points of the subject, in a few distinct propositions. I. Tile emancipated negroes are working well on the estates of their old masters. The evidence of this fact contained in the foregoing letters is, I hope, clear and ample. Thou wilt be pleased to recall the case of Tortola-especially the evidence of President Isaacs, who has fifteen hundred free laborers under his careof St. Christopher's, that scene of industry and prosperity- of Nevis and Montserrat, of which the official accounts are so cheering and satisfactory-of Antigua, where, after the trial of freedom for six years, the produce of sugar is largely increased, many estates, thrown up in slavery, are again under cultivation ; and the landed property, once sinking under its burdens, is already delivered from its mortgages-of Dominica, where, notwithstanding the lack of moral culture, N |