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REnew Dic passage.
I had someow Imbibed the opinian thet, in the olence of slaves, there cruld
be no weaith, and very lite refinement. And upon caming to the north, f
expected to meet with a rovoh, hard-harded, and uncultlusted sonudation,
ting in lie most Spertant-like simplicity, lanseing nothing of the ease, luntary,
pan, and randeur of southern slevetolders. Such heing my cortedires, any
one acguainted with the appearance of New Bedford may Mary ready Inter how
palpatty I must have seen mr mistere.
in the afteroon af the day when I rtached New Bedfard, I visited the wharves,
to take a Mew of the shipping. Here I found myself surrounded with the
strangest proofs of neith. Lying at the wharves, and doing in the stresen, 7
saw many ships of the finest model, in the best order and of the largest size
Upon the roht and left, I was walled in tv uranite warchouses of the widest
dimensions, stowed ta their utmost cogacity wit the necessarles and comfarts
of life. Added to this, simost everybody scomed to be at wark, but noiselessly
so, compared with what I had been accustomed to in Baltimore. There were no
loud songs heard from these engoged in loading and unipoding ships. I heard
no deep oaths or horrid curses on the laborer. I saw no whipping of
mery but all scomed to ge smoothy on. Every man appeared to
understand
sober vet cheerful
carnesiness
terest which he felt in what
he was dalng,
sense of his genudlonity as a man. To me this
locked exceedingly strange. Fram the wharves I strolled around and over the
town, gazing with wonder and admiration at the splendid churches, beautiful
dwellings, and firely-cultivated gardens, evicing an amount of wealth, comfort,
taste, and refinement, such as i nad never seen in any part of slaveholding
Marriand
Everything looked clean, new, and beautiful. I saw few or no disapidated houses,
with poverty-stricken Inmates; no hall-naked children and bareloated women,
such as I had been actustomed so see in Hilisborough, Easton, 5t. MichaelS.
and Baltimore. The people looked more able, stronger healthles and happles
than those of Maryland. I was for once made glad br a view of extreme weaith,
without being saddened by seeing extreme poverty. But the most astanishing as
wells the most interesting thing ta me was the condition of the colored
peaple, a great many of whom, ilke myselr, had escaped thither as a refuge
from the munters af men. I round many, who had not been seven years out af
their chains, living in finer houses, and evidently endaying more of the camforts
of life, than the average of slaveholders in Maryland.
From Frederick Dounta
Nannalive of ine Lie of Frederica: Desolana
Look at the tekt in bold. What does this text show about the laborers in New Bedford?
It shows that they enjoyed their work even though they weren't being paid.
it shows that they seemed to wark hard even without the threat af
punishment
it shows that they appreciated their Jos even though they round the work
Dorinol
It shows that they had been punished so often that they were afraid to
complain