He expressed his conviction that the instigators of northern mobs must be implicated in some way, pecuniary or otherwise, with slavery.

The Governor stated various particulars in which Antigua had been greatly improved by the abolition of slavery.

He said, the planters all conceded that emancipation had been a great blessing to the island, and he did not know of a single individual who wished to return to the old system.
His excellency proffered us every assistance in his power, and requested his secretary--_a colored gentleman_--to furnish us with certain documents which he thought would be of service to us.

When we rose to leave, the Governor followed us to the door, repeating the advice that we should "see with our own eyes, and hear with our own ears." The interest which his Excellency manifested in our enterprise, satisfied us that the prevalent feeling in the island was opposed to slavery, since it was a matter well understood that the Governor's partialities, if he had any, were on the side of the planters rather than the people.
On the same day we were introduced to a barrister, a member of the assembly and proprietor of an estate.

He was in the assembly at the time the abolition act was under discussion.