Note 8 — V. STATE OF RELIGION.
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"From long continued and close observation, we believe that their (the slaves') moral and religious condition is such that they may justly be considered the Heathen of this Christian country, and will bear comparison with heathen in any country in the world. The negroes are destitute of the Gospel, and ever will be under the present state of things."—Report published by the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, Dec. 3, 1833.