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120 for fugitive Slaves, waiting their more intelligent free coloured brethren to join them in breaking the galling yoke from the bleeding necks of their yet suffering bondsmen, and they may still keep within hearing of the wails of our enslaved people in the United States. From these stand-points we can watch the destiny of those we have left behind. Americans should also remember that there are already on that vast Continent and in the adjacent Islands, a large population of coloured people, who are only waiting the life-giving and organising power of intelligence to mould them into one body and into a powerful nation.

The following tabular statement exhibits an approximate estimate of the numbers of coloured persons of the African race to be found on the North American Continent. The free populations are distributed in the different countries in the following proportions:—