I have seen much kind attention bestowed upon the health of slaves; but it is on these occasions impossible to forget, that did this attention fail, a valuable piece of property would be endangered.

Unhappily the slaves, too, know this, and the consequence is, that real kindly feeling very rarely can exist between the parties.

It is said that slaves born in a family are attached to the children of it, who have grown up with them.

This may be the case where the petty acts of infant tyranny have not been sufficient to conquer the kindly feeling naturally produced by long and early association; and this sort of attachment may last as long as the slave can be kept in that state of profound ignorance which precludes reflection.

The law of Virginia has taken care of this.