Excerpt from A Voice to the United States of America, From the Metropolis of Scotland: Being an Account of Various Meetings Held in Edinburgh on the Subject of American Slavery, Upon the Return of Mr. George Thompson, From His Mission to That Country James craufurd, Esq. Advocate, in rising to move the first Resolution, That this Meeting consider Slavery, under every modification, and in every country, as Opposed to the dictates Of humanity, the prosperity of nations, and especially to the principles of the Christian religion. That, deeply sensible of their Obligations to Provi dence for removing from this nation the stigma of maintaining slavery, this Meeting feel called on, as free citizens of a Christian State, to use every lawful means for promoting the entire abolition of Slavery in every quarter of the world. 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.