They meet on the plantations for prayer, for singing, or for any religious purpose, when they choose; the ladies on the plantations instruct them in the Bible, and how to read it.

Many of them are taught to write.
"Religion seems to be a necessary qualification of the female mind--I think this, because I have been so fortunate in those of our own family.

My mother died soon after my birth; her friends often dwell on the early piety so beautifully developed in her character.

We have a relative, an old maid, who lives with us; she forgets her own existence, laboring always for the good of others.

My aunt is a noble Christian woman, and Alice has not breathed such an atmosphere in vain.