Petition for subscriptions to the American Anti-Slavery Society

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Bristol and Clifton Anti-Slavery Society,

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THe ComMITTEE desire to call the attention of the friends of liberty, in Bristol and the
Neighbourhood, to the present position and need of the American Awnti-Snavery Soctery.
They do this the more freely and hopefully, because, in the good providence of God, the
issue of the great, vital, world question has now to be decided in the United States. Let
Slavery be abolished there, and its universal death-blow will be given. No civilized country
will then bind its fetters upon Christ’s freemen.

The American Anti-Slavery Society has, from its origin, had one single, simple
object—the emancipation of the Slave. Its supporters have been content to work and
wait for this as the blessing of Heaven to come in due time upon their labours. Its most
zealous Agents have, for this, given up all worldly business, all professional advancement,
all hope of outward prosperity,—twenty-five years of life filled. with persecutions manifold ;
and some have died in the struggle, in faith, not having received the promise.

British aid to its funds has, for a long period, chiefly gone in the shape of con-
tributions to the Boston AntTI-StAvery Bazaar. The leaders of the cause in America
have now determined that the time has come when direct Subscriptions in money will
best serve the holy cause. Therefore, they ask British aid in that form, as giving, at
once, substantial support and an expression of sympathy in their labours.

They ask this at our hands and hearts because the field of exertion is continually
extending, needing more Jecturers, more Agents, more Printing, more of all that sends an
electric stream of divine compassion and of eternal justice through the souls of their
countrymen, waking them up to a conviction of duty to their coloured brethren —duty
never more to slumber or be lulled to sleep until they shall, equally with themselves,
hold, as their own from the common Father, “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

One new mode of action has been adopted which will entail much labour and much
expence in working ; but which, under the Divine blessing, we trust will prove the

beginning of the end. It is this. A petition is being circulated in Massachusetts, through
all its cities, towns and villages, calling upon the Legislature of that State to make it
“« free sou,”—so that no slave can be born there, no human chattel live there, no one be
tried and convicted there of being a slave and sent off to impious bondage ; but that
every child of God shall stand erect there, in natural and law-protected possession of his
rights and liberties.

This movement followed. . sup, to, pupgesy int, Massichuset{g, the other Free States must
catch the flame. And it isa; Gage" “fcoaat ‘Heaven’ -thas iwitt ‘burn’ with a steady and unquench-
able vigour, purging out fhe dross aac leaving + the, pure gold of State Institutions. It
will show what strength and what Hhesseditess ate” ordained. tor the people who do what
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Signed on behalf of the Society,
ANN TRIBE, 9, Portland Street, Kingsdown, President.
MARTHA STEPHENS, Ashley Down, Treasurer.
MARY THOMAS, Woodcote, Stoke Bishop, Secretary.

Contributions will be received by the above, and by

Rev. Tuomas 8. Crisp, Baptist College, Stoke’s Croft.
Rev. D. Cooprr, Redfield House, St. George's.

_ Ropert Lzonarp, Esq., Jun., 6, Buckingham Villas, Clifton.
THomas WaTERMAN, Esq., Tyndale Villa, Cotham.
Rev. Epwin Cuapman, Hyde Lodge, Durdham Down.

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