The Present State of Hayti (Saint Domingo) with Remarks on its Agriculture, Commerce, Laws, Religion, Finances, and Population

CHAPTER XIII.

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Haytian jurisprudence.—State of the courts.—Trial by jury.—The judges.—Justices of the peace—their corruption.—State of the church.—Account of a missionary.—Schism in the church.—Moral and religious state of the people shewn by their mode of living.—Description of this mode.—Habitations described.—Furniture, etc.—Education—its progress.—Government do not encourage it.—Remarks on the consequences of not doing so.—Qualifications of senators and communes—shew the state of knowledge and education. 383