Wharves, absence of, on the Southern rivers, ii., 55.
Whip, constant use of the, ii., 202.
Whipping, of coloured preachers of the Gospel, i., 226;
of a slave girl, ii., 205.
Wise, Governor, on the decay of Virginia, ii., 303.
Whites, some slaves hardly to be distinguished from pure-blooded, ii., 210.
White's 'Statistics of Georgia,' ii., 385.
Wilmington (North Carolina), i., 97;
destruction of a building at, because erected by negroes, ii., 98.
'Wilmington Herald,' quoted, ii., 99, note.
Witchcraft, belief in, by poor whites, i., 189.
Women employed in ploughing, ii., 201.
"Wooding" on Cape Fear River, i., 193.
Woodville (Mississippi), ii., 148;
dress etiquette, 148;
neighbourhood described, 149;
robberies, 149.
Yazoo Bottoms, the son of a planter in, ii., 63;
journey with him in Northern Mississippi, 64;
his dislike to babies, 66.
Yellow Fever, good conduct of negroes at Savannah during its raging, i., 259;
at Natchez, ii., 160.
