Being engaged in trade,
he had occasion
to
make
a voyage to the West Indies,
and left this young
black to superintend the plantation in his absence.
During
his
residence
in
Barbadoes,
his
feelings
were greatly molested, and his principles shocked,
HEQTOQS
he saw the
by the cruelties to which
sub-
jected
in
that
island ;
and
the
debasing
effects
VVCI'E
forcibly
contrasted
in
his
mind,
with
the
morals
and
intelligence of
his own
slave.
Con-
versing
this
subject
with
Doctor
Gammon,
W ho
W38
then
at
the
head of
of
the community
in
Friends
Barbacloes,
the
Doctor convinced him
that it was contrary to the laws of God and Nature
that any
should
retain
his
fellow
creatures
in
slavery.
This conviction
could
not
rest
long
inactive
in
character
framed
like
that of
West.
llis
Qn
re-tu rn
America
he
gave
the
negro
his
freedom,
and
retained
him
RS3
hir_ed
servant.
with doing
Not satisfied
good
himself,
he
endeairoured
to
make
others
follow his example,
and in
short time
his
such
had
arguments
2111
efFec_t on his neighbours, that it was agreed to dis-
CIISS
Publicly
the
general
question
of
Slavery.