Excerpt from Memoirs of a West-India Planter: Published From an Original Ms., With a Preface and Additional Details Tm; manuscript mentioned in the title having been placed, under certain conditions, at my disposal, is now presented to the public. It is an appeal to the imagination and the pas sions, conveyed in the form of a narrative, supported by nu impeachable evidence; and aspiring to awaken or increase its readers' sympathy with our colonial slaves. Should any one decline to listen to an address of this kind, he is bound to refuse whatever instruction is offered under a similar shape. Lhe consequence will be, a rejection of the principles taught in the 211313133 of the New Testament; for these also are an appeal to the $365t {new passions; while the mi racles of Jesus Christ speak to the senses, and his exhorta lions to the conscience. As to the additions made by the Editor to the original papers, they are inserted without any distinctive marks; but for the whole publication he is exclusively responsible. He only begs, that the demerits of the work may be imputed to hmself, and its excellencies to another; and, these points premised, all his anxiety is, that the Memoirs, and their appendages, may not injure their great object. 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.