This gentleman had resided nineteen years in the island of St.Christopher, where he had observed the treatment of the slaves, and had studied the laws relating to them.

On his return to England, yielding to his own feelings of duty and the solicitations of some amiable friends, he published a work, which he called _An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of the African Slaves in the British Sugar Colonies_.

After having given an account of the relative situation of master and slave in various parts of the world, he explained the low and degrading situation which the Africans held in society in our own islands.

He showed that their importance would be increased; and the temporal interest of their masters promoted, by giving them freedom, and by granting them other privileges.

He showed the great difficulty of instructing them in the state in which they then were, and such as he himself had experienced, both in his private and public attempts, and such as others had experienced also.