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A SEASON WITH THE BBESSMAKEBS. 271
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Into On My Other Retirement Housesi From...
strongly expressed than these West Indian comments on the atrocities I have of a near white and slavery dear . relative who for more than 30 years
has cours Indian held e colonies as an in all important , in the close other proximity Government islands to all office Barbadoes was in once one ; slave and of our where labour West of .
The tim , e came , however , when slavery , was happily abolished , and it of becam our Queen e the proud to procl duty aim of to my the relativ blacks e , as their the freedom representativ . This e
throug was of h course the town , a publi reading c ceremonial aloud the , and document as this gen which tleman set them rode
free exclaiming , the happy "De blacks queen , friend strewed de flowers queen broder in front ! God of his will horse bless ,
de Who queen is broder there to !" come forward , in the name of tlie Queen and
proclaim home that Her ? Surel the Majest y freedom the and day Her of must our Majest come white wh ' s government slaves en it will of be the hav announced needle e at last at ,
interfered to prevent y the wanton y sacrifice of human life in milliners' work-roomsand have rendered it a punishable
offenceeither to keep youn , g girls at work more than 12 hours a day , , or to require them to sleep there or work must in of rooms be not
prop this supervision can erly ventilated and of it the must . establishments be To done enforce . this by , proper authorities course ; but a , leave this
matter And in now . the , but hands a few of words others more who may , ere be I close better and able to bring about a reformation than I am .
Since writing the preceding- pages , I am glad indeed to long find that in abeyance the " Milliners has again and corne Dressmakers forward to ' try "Association what it can , " do so
to I put that a stop their to , e the fforts miseries be of more young successful females this of this time class than . may
they pray were before , when even a lady of their own Committee was ciation obli having ged to the acknowled same ge object their in impotence view has . also Another simmg Asso Its up
latel temporary y , under offices the are ausp at ices Finsbury of many ; those noble of names the . former Association are now in Bond St . God speed them both and
crown their efforts with success ! princi and I woul feel ples assured d I now shall address that suggest if they a , few will they words onl may y act speciall materiall in union y to y , assist first and -hands on both the ,
these Associations in their arduous work . I look upon milliners and dressmakers' establishments as " Miniature
as Kin representing gdoms ; " the the princi ministry pals , as and soverei the gns assistants , the " as first the -hands com " -
A Season With The Bbessmakebs. 271
A SEASON WITH THE BBESSMAKEBS . 271
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1863, page 271, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121863/page/55/
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