[The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4 by American Anti-Slavery Society]@TWC D-Link bookThe Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4 INTRODUCTION 134/154
He stated, as the result of a careful calculation which he had made, that he and the two planters referred to, had been in the habit of giving to their people not less than _one thousand gallons of rum annually_.
The whole of this was now withheld, and molasses and sugar were given instead.
The missionary who followed them was not a whit behind in boldness and zeal, and between them, they left us little to say in our turn on the subject of total abstinence. On the following evening the anniversary of the Bible Society was held in the Moravian school-room.
During the day we received a note from the Secretary of the Society, politely requesting us to be present.
The spacious school-room was filled, and the broad platform crowded with church clergymen, Moravian ministers, and Wesleyan missionaries, colored and white.
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