Faithful Attachment of a Negress.
A melancholy example of the faithful affection of a foster-mother for the infant entrusted to her care occurred in the year 1770, at the time of the dreadful earthquake which made such ravages in the island of St. Domingo. A ucgress of Port-au-Prince found herself alone, in the house of her master nnd mistress, with their youngest child, whom she nursed. The house shook to its foundation livery ono had taken flight j she alone could not oscape, without leaving her infant charge in danger. The faithful ncgress flew to the clmmber, where it lay in the most profound sleep j at that moment the walls of the house fill in: anxious only for the safety of litr foster child, she threw herself over it, and strvin" as a sort of arch, saved it from destruction. The child was indeed saved; but the unfortunate negress died soon after, the victim of her fidelily.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 3, Issue 55, 30 January 1851, Page 4
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158Faithful Attachment of a Negress. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 3, Issue 55, 30 January 1851, Page 4
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