A Letter TO THE MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. By JAMES EWING RITCHIE . LONDON: AYLOTT AND JONES, 8, PATERNOSTER ROW. Price Eightpence . In some papers this Pamphlet was advertised as published at Sixpence ; it has been found , however , desirable to alter the price .  To those who may discover coincidences of matter and manner between these pages and those of the Philanthropist , the Author has only to add , that having gone over much of the same ground in

Gentlemen , At the Annual Meeting of your Society, that has just been held, one of the most crowded you have ever convened, the able and eloquent advocate of free trade, George Thompson, succeeded in carrying an amendment, notwithstanding the avowed opposition of your officers and Committee; an amendment of the most essential importance, pledging you to the consideration of a subject that threatens to impair the usefulness, and to imperil the very existence of the Society you support.  As a sinc

Eleven years have passed away since, at an enormous cost, slavery was abolished in the British dominions.  The day that witnessed the act is one memorable in the annals of our country.  It stands out conspicuously, and throws into the shade much over which the Christian and the patriot cannot choose but mourn.  All honour be given to the men by whom it was carried.  Let the fame and name of such benefactors of their race as Granville Sharp, Zachary Macaulay, William Wilberforce, Thomas Clarkson,