The third class, or that of the Quakers in America, may be considered as represented by William Dillwyn, by whom they were afterwards joined to us in correspondence.

The two who stand next, and in which I am included, may be considered as representing the fourth, most of the members of which we had been the means of raising.

Thus, on the 22nd of May, 1787, the representatives of all the four classes, of which I have been giving a history from the year 1516, met together, and were united in that committee, to which I have been all along directing the attention of the reader; a committee, which, labouring afterwards with Mr.Wilberforce as a parliamentary head, did, under Providence, in the space of twenty years, contribute to put an end to a trade, which, measuring its magnitude by its crimes and sufferings, was the greatest practical evil that ever afflicted the human race.
After the formation of the committee[A], notice was sent to Mr.
Wilberforce of the event, and a friendship began, which has continued uninterruptedly between them, from that to the present day.
[Footnote A: All the members were of the society of the Quakers, except Mr.Sharp, Sansom, and myself.

Joseph Gurney Bevan was present on the day before this meeting.

He desired to belong to the society, but to be excused from belonging to the committee.].