1795 ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. An Encouragement in Abolitionist Cause in Light of Current Setbacks. Missionary Ridding their souls of fear

Ridding their souls of fear

The Choultry of Rajah Timal Naig [with woodcut]

By Elijah Fitch

their merciless actions sweep the whole of the country with terror

creatively anyway

1795 ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. An Encouragement in Abolitionist Cause in Light of Current Setbacks. Missionary Ridding their souls of fear. . . the cause of the oppressed Africans, and the abolition of the slave trade, has also engaged our serious attention . . . and although the direct prospects of success are for the present clouded, we do not slacken our endeavors, nor lose our hope. An excellent primary document related to the earliest days of transatlantic Quaker abolitionism and abolitionism more broadly, documenting the vital communication network that united British and early