This apprenticeship was the darling child of that expediency, which, holding the transaction from wrong to right to be dangerous and difficult, illustrates its wisdom by lingering on the dividing line.

His apprenticeship had been a stern but good one.

The apprenticeship was a middle statekept the negroes in suspensevexed and harrassed themfed them on a starved hope; and therefore they would not be so likely, when they ultimately obtained freedom, to feel grateful, and conduct themselves properly.

He does not think that the apprenticeship will be a means of preparing the negroes for freedom, nor does he believe that they need any preparation.

Although this planter looked forward with sanguine hopes to 1840, yet he would freely say that he did not think the apprenticeship would be any preparation for entire freedom.

Mr. K. regarded the abolition of slavery as a great blessing to the colony; it was true that the apprenticeship was a wretchedly bad system, but notwithstanding, things moved smoothly on his estate.

But as slavery no longer exists, and apprenticeship and other binding to service are almost things of the past, this provision is practically obsolete.