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suitable mistress . And that , in order to accustom them to domestic service , two of the senior girls , in rotation , shall be kept in the kitchen for one month at a tifitte , and be then employed in such work as the mistress of the house shall direct . 4 . The boys shall be employed in the card-room from eight o ' clock in
the morning until twelve at noon ; that , from twelve to half-past one , they shall have their dinners , with the remaining time for reereation ; and from kalf-past one until six in the evening , they shall be instructed ( in a room solely appropriated for that purpose ) ia reading and writing by the
schoolmaster . 5 . In these arrangements the greatest frugality should be united to the most persevering endeavours , to render these orphan- children useful members of society . This cannot be more effectually accomplished than by
removing from their observation every thing that is likely to gire them bad habits , and placing before them every thing which is calculated to inspire them with good ones . These recommendations duly followed , will in time make these children of poverty rather
sought after as apprentices in the town , than despised and considered a tax ; and instead of rising into manhood and relying upon a parish ail the days of their future life for a portion of their support , they will feel an ambition and a capacity to maintain themselves .
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Mr . Cooper on the Disposition of the Nt'irrocs to embrace Christianity . Letter II . Ncwcastlc-under-Lyine , Sm , May 10 , 1822 / T the close of my last communi-Acation , ( pp . 217—21 . 9 , ) I stated that the slaves on Mr . Hibbert ' s
estate were allowed half-a-day in a fortnight , out of crop , * for the sole Purpose of attending on me . I now Proceed to explain the manner in *«* ch that time was spent . It was the original intention to build
hat is , the Jamaica harvest , which n T nonly commences in Hanover early December , or about the first week in anuury , aild ends e - . .. vol
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a place of worship large enough to accommodate all the slaves belonging to the property ; but this design was abandoned , on its being found that the overseer could permit us to employ the boiling-house ( the house in which the cane juice is boiled into syrup ) during that part of the year in
which alone we had any opportunity of meeting for religious purposes . This edifice answered our purpose sufficiently well , as long as the undertaking was regarded simply in the light of an experiment : but had it been determined to render it permanent , a more convenient place would have been found necessary .
The Negroes usually quit the field , for dinner , about one o ' clock , to which they never return till the end of two hours j but it was understood , between the overseer and myself , that on the days on which they should have liberty
to attend me in the boiline * -house . to attend me in the boiling-house , they should not retire till nearly two , so that the estate might be put to as little inconvenience as possible . This being the case , they were never ready
for me before four , and sometimes not even till five in the afternoon ; a circumstance which , however , I never regretted , not deeming it necessary , or even desirable , to detain them above
two hours at a time . But had they been disposed to submit to a little extra exertion , they most certainly might , notwithstanding this , have been with me by three , or very sooii after ; but they had no idea of devoting the smallest portion of their own time to the work of spiritual improvement . So far , ind , eed , from this , it wad found
to be a matter of some little difficulty to secure their attendance , even in their master ' s time . And , before the attempt was made , some individuals , well acquainted with the Negro
character , appeared to be very apprehensive that it would be found necessary to employ coercive measures with them in this as well as in other cases : yet the inhuman and unchristian idea of
driving the poor creatures to a place of worship by force , could not be endured for a moment . It was , therefore , determined , without hesitation , not to resort to it , but to meet them on the following terms ; which , it will be perceived , reduced the business , in a great measure , to a matter of their own free choice .
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flfa . Cooper on the Disposition of Negroes to embrace Christianity . 297
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1822, page 297, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2512/page/41/
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