Mr.C.was scarcely less struck with this scene than we were, and he assured us that he had never known such providence manifested on a similar occasion during slavery.
At the Ridge estate we met Mr.Clarke, manager at Staple Grove estate, Mr.Applewhitte of Carton, and a brother of Mr.C.The manager, Mr.
Cecil, received us with the customary cordiality.
Mr.Clarke is the manager of an estate on which there are two hundred apprentices.

His testimony was, that the estate was better cultivated since abolition than before, and that it is far easier to control the laborers, and secure uniformity of labor under the present system.

He qualified this remark, by saying, that if harsh or violent measures were used, there would be more difficulty now than during slavery; but kind treatment and a conciliatory spirit never failed to secure peace and industry.

At the time of abolition, Mr.C.owned ten slaves, whom he entirely emancipated.

Some of these still remain with him as domestics; others are hired on an adjoining estate.