Charleston, the place and the people, by St Julien Ravenel With illustrations by Vernon Howe Bailey . rd to inculcate, especially the first. Anyrag of ornament they would gladly put on, but reasonablegarments were a burthen, and some men had to be in-dulged with petticoats, refusing trousers as indignantly asany Highlander. English, of a sort, came more easily,their quickness of ear helping to the sounds; but to preventtheir brutal fights was always one of the most troublesomeparts of plantation discipline. In religious teaching the great difficulty was the in-herent separateness of religion a
Charleston, the place and the people, by St Julien Ravenel With illustrations by Vernon Howe Bailey . rd to inculcate, especially the first. Anyrag of ornament they would gladly put on, but reasonablegarments were a burthen, and some men had to be in-dulged with petticoats, refusing trousers as indignantly asany Highlander. English, of a sort, came more easily,their quickness of ear helping to the sounds; but to preventtheir brutal fights was always one of the most troublesomeparts of plantation discipline. In religious teaching the great difficulty was the in-herent separateness of religion and morality in the Ethio-pian mind. Dr. Gardens plan for his school was to buytwo intelligent lads, instruct them carefully in the readingof the Bible and Prayer-book, and set them to teach theothers. The scheme worked well for a time, and com-mended itself to the public. Miss Lucas mentions thatshe is herself teaching two little negro girls, who I in-tend for school-mistresses for the rest of the negro chil-dren. How Dr. Gardens teachers enjoyed it can be under- THE REVEREND GEORGE WHITFIELD 115. Early Brick Houses on Tradd Street. Built by RobertPringle soon after the Great Fire of 1740 stood by any one who has seen a deacon or a class leader atan African camp-meeting! The school was supported bythe S. P. G. and by subscribers. The commissary him- 116 CHARLESTON self gave the site for the building, a part of the glebe landleft by Mrs. Affra Coming. It went on prosperously fortwenty years. Then one boy died and the other tookto evil ways. Why none of their scholars were put intheir places is not known, but the plan was discontinued. In 1742 there were twelve S. P. G. clergymen in thecolony engaged in missionary work. A blessing in disguise befell Charles Town in the year1740: a lire, which beginning at the west end of BroadStreet swept eastward and consumed every house below thenorthern side of that street. The houses were of woodand of no great value, but that being the oldes
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