To carry out such a plan he had already sent a missionary to Africa.

Besides instructing Negroes at his post of duty, this apostle sent three African natives to England where they were educated for the work.[2] It was doubtless the sentiment of these leaders that caused Dr.Brearcroft to allude to this project in a discourse before the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts in 1741.[3] [Footnote 1: Secker, _Works_, vol.v., p.

88.] [Footnote 2: _Ibid_., vol.vi., p.

467.] [Footnote 3: _An Account of the Endeavors Used by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts_, p.6.] This organization hit upon the plan of purchasing two Negroes named Harry and Andrew, and of qualifying them by thorough instruction in the principles of Christianity and the fundamentals of education, to serve as schoolmasters to their people.

Under the direction of Rev.
Mr.Garden, the missionary who had directed the training of these young men, a building costing about three hundred and eight pounds was erected in Charleston, South Carolina.