Perchance we may have taken too great liberties with those whose hospitalities we enjoyed; should this ever fall under their notice, we doubt not they will fully appreciate the motives which have actuated us in making them public.

We are only sorry, for their sakes, and especially for that of our cause, that the delineations are so imperfect.

That the above specimens are an exact likeness of the mass of colored people we do not pretend; but we do affirm, that they are as true an index to the whole community, as the merchants, physicians, and mechanics of any of our villages are to the entire population.

We must say, also, that families of equal merit are by no means rare among the same people.

We might mention many names which deservedly rank as high as those we have specified.