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rs in America ever buy their own Corn or other food, or do they always raise it? 11. If they always, or mostly, raise it, can any other reason be given for the differences of the system pursued by them and that pursued by the Sugar and Cotton planters than that cultivation of tobacco is less profitable than that of Cotton or Sugar? 12. Do any of the Planters manufacture the packages for their product, or the clothing for their negroes and if they do, are their negroes better clothed than when clothing is purchased? 13. Where, and by whom, is the Cotton bagging of the Brazils made? is it principally made by free men or slaves? 14. Is it the general system to employ the negroes in task work, or by the day? 15. How many hours are they generally at work in the former case? how many in the latter? Which system is generally preferred by the master? which by the slaves? 16. Is it common to allow them a certain portion of time instead of their allowance of provisions? In this case, how much is allowed? Where the slaves have the option, which do they generally choose? On which system do the slaves look the best, and acquire the most comforts? 17. Are there many small plantations where the owners possess only a few slaves? What proportion of the whole may be supposed to be held in this way? 18. In such cases, are the slaves treated or almost considered a part of the family? 19. Do the slaves fare best when their situations and that of the master are brought nearest together? 20. In what state are the slaves as to religion or religious instruction? 21. Is it common for the slaves to be regularly married? 22. If a man forms an attachment to a woman on a different or distant plantation, is it the general practice for some accommodation to take place between the owners of the man and woman, so that they may live together? 23. In the United States of America, the slaves are found to increase at about the rate of 3 P cent. P annum. Does the same take place in other places? Give a census, if such is taken. Show what cause contributes to this increase, or what prevents it where it does not take place. 24. Obtain a variety of estimates from the Planters of the cost of bringing up a child, and at what age i
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