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by the Govenor&#39;s Chaplain, it was ve-<br />
 
by the Govenor&#39;s Chaplain, it was ve-<br />
 
ry thinly attended by the white people.<br />
 
ry thinly attended by the white people.<br />
However M<hi rend="underline"><hi rend="superscript">r</hi></hi> Hamilton &amp; <del>his friends</del><br />
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However <persname><abbr>M</abbr></persname><hi rend="underline"><hi rend="superscript"><persname><abbr>r</abbr></persname></hi></hi><persname> Hamilton</persname> &amp; <del>his friends</del><br />
 
others continued kind &amp; dear Friends to<br />
 
others continued kind &amp; dear Friends to<br />
us, till he &amp; two other principal friends<br />
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us, <abbr>till</abbr> he &amp; two other principal friends<br />
 
of the cause were removed by death.<br />
 
of the cause were removed by death.<br />
 
In the same year the yellow fever<br />
 
In the same year the yellow fever<br />
 
carried off one fourth of the white peo-<br />
 
carried off one fourth of the white peo-<br />
ple, without [?] the Negros. This<br />
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ple, without injuring the Negros. This<br />
encouraged the latter [not finished]
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encouraged the latter to make a plot<br />
 +
for murdering all the white people &amp;<br />
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mulattoes &amp; seizing the Island for them-

Latest revision as of 03:14, 21 April 2018

views than the hope of obtaining more
trusty servants in those Negroes to whom
they gave the means of Christian Instruc-
tion, & when the preaching of the gospel
exposed the works of darkness, & Negroes
living in sin were excluded from the
fellowship of the baptized, their Masters
who felt this as a reflection on their
own sinful lives, withdrew their sup-
port, The state of religion in this
Island was deplorable.There was no
consecrated place of worship in the
whole Island, & when divine service
was occasionally held at the town house
by the Govenor's Chaplain, it was ve-
ry thinly attended by the white people.
However <persname>M</persname><hi rend="underline"><hi rend="superscript"><persname>r</persname></hi></hi><persname> Hamilton</persname> & his friends
others continued kind & dear Friends to
us, till he & two other principal friends
of the cause were removed by death.
In the same year the yellow fever
carried off one fourth of the white peo-
ple, without injuring the Negros. This
encouraged the latter to make a plot
for murdering all the white people &
mulattoes & seizing the Island for them-