- tion, 222;
impolicy of allowing them to cultivate patches, 238;
auction at Richmond described, 372.
See Negroes.
Slave States, condition of the people, i., 8;
not benefited by their cotton monopoly, 8;
dearness of slave-labour, 10, 94;
antipathy of the whites to work, 22;
small proportion of the area devoted to cotton cultivation, 24;
their small contribution to the national treasury, 27;
general characteristics and features of the country, 85.
Slave trade, activity of, in Virginia, i., 57;
difficulty of obtaining statistics, 58.
Sleeping-quarters, unpleasant, ii., 87, 106;
abundance of insect vermin, 87;
mode of keeping away gnats, 107.
'South Carolinian,' the, on planters and overseers, ii., 188.
South, danger of the, ii., 338;
condition of the negro, 339;
Southern method of treatment dangerous, 344;
unconscious habits of precaution, 346;
apparent tranquillity deceptive, 348;
police machinery, 350;
abolitionist literature, 358;
cause of agitation, 361;
impossibility of acceding to the demands of the South, 362;
threat of dissolution, 363;
probable result, 363.
Southern Agriculturist,' the, quoted, ii., 182, 188.
'Southern Cultivator,' the, on the effect of the society of negroes on their masters' children, i., 222, note;
on allowing negroes to cultivate "patches," 239, note.
Stage-coach rides in North Carolina, i., 163, 174, 201;
a swindling driver, 163;
cruelty to horses, 175;
unexpected comforts of a piny-wood stage-*house, 177;
in Mississippi, ii., 64.
Stage-house at Fayetteville, described, i., 183.
Steam-boats: on Cape Fear River, i., 191;
on the Alabama River, 275;
passengers, 276;
wastefulness and joviality of the crew, 281;
description of one on the Red River, 347;
sleeping arrangements, 349:
life of the firemen, 350;
deck-passengers, 350;
a race, 351;
gambling on board, 353.
Street-fights in Louisiana, ii., 53.
Steward, negro, on a rice plantation, importance of his office, i., 240;
privileges enjoyed by, 242.
Subjugation of the South, its alleged impossibility, i., 2.
Suffering, occasional, different effect of, on the slave and free labourer, ii., 251.
Sugar plantation, in Louisiana, i., 317;
the owner's popularity, 318;
mansion and offices, 319;
arrangements for the slaves, 320;
usual expenses of carrying on, 321; ii., 236;
mode of cultivation, i., 323;
planting the cane, 325;
tillage, 327;
grinding the cane, 328;
increased labour in grinding season willingly performed by the slaves, 328;
late improvements in the manufacture, 329.
Suggestions for improving the condition of the negro, and preparing him for freedom, i., 255.
Sumner and Brooks, ii., 348.
Sunday, slave labour on, ii., 47, 181.
Sweep-seines, the largest in the world, used in the North Carolina fisheries, i., 149.
"Swell-heads," ii., 156, 166.
Task-work general in Georgia and South Carolina, i., 247.
Texas, its prospect of becoming a Free State, ii., 102;
influence of the Germans, 102, 103.
Texas, Eastern, route across, i., 359;
a day in the woods, 359;
plantation described, 359;
a sick child, 361;
the emigrant road, 365, 374;
appearance of the emigrants, 365;
the Red Lands, 373;
Christmas serenade, 375;
a planter's residence, ii., 9;
his comfortless mode of living, 10;
promising sons, 10;
literary dearth 10;
interest taken in foreign affairs, 11;
domestic servants, 13;
a night, with another planter, 14;
his habits of life, 14, 15;
determination of inhabitants to conceal unfavourable facts, 18;
hatred of Mexicans, 19.
