Excerpt from An Address to Our Fellow Members of the Religious Society of Friends on the Subject of Slavery and the Slave-Trade in the Western World Here was unquestionably an object worthy of the attention of the philanthropists who engaged in it among whom, Gran ville Sharpe, though upwards of seventy years of age, held a conspicuous place. Yet more than forty years have elapsed since this institution was formed, and little, comparatively, has been accomplished.' 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.