Excerpt from Address to the Coloured People of Philadelphia: Delivered at Bethel Church, on the Evening of the 12th of 3rd Mo; 1833 Many are the wrongs and sufferings endured by your countrymen, inflicted upon them by the cruelty and avarice of the white man, the sight and contemplation of which has caused humanity to mourn over your unhappy destiny. But it is not my purpose to excite in any of you, painful feelings, nor to awaken in your bosoms the dormant passions. My business is, not to call forth indignant sentiments, but to promote peace and charity, - to inculcate a spirit of kind ness and love to all men, and to 'draw your attention to rational and practical means of improving vour condition. But as a prelude to What] have to offer on this point, it may be interesting to take a brief survey of the origin of slavery in Christendom. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.