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the life of Yves. Indian slave must be a
scene of drudgery, to which few parallels can
be found among the civilized nations of the
earth.


The masters authority is little less arbi-
trary, in relation to the degree and kind OF
punishment to which the slave shall be sub
jected, than to the labour exacted; and this
power of arbitrary punishment, is exercised
not only by the master himself. whose inter-
est, in the life and health of the slave. nigh!
assign some limits to the wantonness Of pow
er, but by numerous class of agents and
sub-agents, whose interests are more de.
pendent on the quantum OF labour obtained,
than Oh the preservation Of the slave.


In the laborious employment of cultivat-
ing the sugar-cane, the slaves usually work
in gangs, moving like a military csrps, in a
line, and followed by drivers armed with
whips, which are often applied with tremen-
dous effect, to those who. from sluggishness
or inability, fall behind the rest.


Ofall the shapes and hues which slavery has
ever assumed, the driving system of the Brit
ish sugar islands appears preeminently obi
GUS. The miserable victims are subject not
only tothe imperious authority Of their Eu-
ropean Lords. but to the capricious cruelty
OF drivers, selected from the most athletic of
the slaves, who are, in general little school,
cd IN the science of humanity. and impelleI
by the fear of being punished themselves to
exact from their human herd, the quan,um
OF labour required.


20 contemplate group ofhuman beings,
with passions, faculties and infirmties ,;ke our
o"n''ol''ng'am'd the fervors of tropica! sun,
underline impetu of drivers whin ann,;-d
YlI1l little rec.rninf o., .r;n...; -.