65.] [Footnote 6: _Ibid_., p.

66.] [Footnote 7: _Niles Register_, vol.xvi., pp.

165-166.] Bishop Meade was a representative of certain of his fellow-churchmen who were passing through the transitory stage from the position of advocating the thorough education of Negroes to that of recommending mere verbal instruction.

Agreeing at first with Rev.Thomas Bacon, Bishop Meade favored the literary training of Negroes, and advocated the extermination of slavery.[1] Later in life he failed to urge his followers to emancipate their slaves, and did not entreat his congregation to teach them to read.

He was then committed to the policy of only lessening their burden as much as possible without doing anything to destroy the institution.