The case of the ship Zong, which I have before had occasion to explain, had occurred this same year.

A letter also had been presented, much about the same time, by Benjamin West, from Anthony Benezet before mentioned, to our Queen, in behalf of the injured Africans, which she had received graciously.

These subjects occupied at this time the attention of many Quaker families, and among others, that of a few individuals, who were in close intimacy with each other.

These, when they met together, frequently conversed upon them.

They perceived, as facts came out in conversation, that there was a growing knowledge and hatred of the Slave-trade, and that the temper of the times was ripening towards its abolition.