ing some religious consolation, and observed to
him, as he had always been a very good boy, she
had no doubt that if he died at this time, his
spirit would be admitted into a place of everlast-
ing rest and peace. On hearing this, he quickly
replied, I know; that if I die I shall be happy;
for as soon as my body is dead, my spirit will fly
away to my father and mother, and sisters and
brothers, in Africa. The boy recovered. His
good conduct had gained him the favour and re-
spect of the whole family, and I have no doubt
that the care bestowed upon his education, will,
in due time, afford him a brighter prospect of a
future state, than that of returning to Africa.

I have sometimes turned my attention to the
orderly conduct, and pleasing dispositions of some
of these Black children, whom I have seen in
friends families. On considering that they have
been violently torn from their near relatives and
friends, and exposed to all the horrors and sick-
ness of transportation in a slave ship; I have
compared them with the kidnappers, and with the
owners, captains, and crews of slave ships, who
assume the name of Christians, and, with the
greatest self-complacency, make pretensions to
being governed by the precepts and example of
Christ; whilst they give the appellation of Hea-
thens and Infidels to these poor unoffending Negro
children, as a cover to their cruelty. In such a