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As misrepresentations, in some instances, have prevailed respecting the true condition of the Coloured Population of Canada, I have been induced to make the following statements, which are derived from personal knowledge. If these promiscuous suggestions will in any way gratify the friends of the Slave, and serve the cause of freedom,—strengthen the hearts and hands of British christians in the glorious work of amancipation, my highest expectations will be fully realised, and my soul will rejoice in the Lord.

Perhaps you, who have been cradled in a land of liberty, cannot altogether enter into the feelings of those who breathe the air of freedom for the first time. The Slaves, upon their arrival in Canada, gaze with delight upon a land of freedom. Would you believe it, tears often flow to their eyes,—they lift their voices and weep