1795 ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. An Encouragement in Abolitionist Cause in Light of Current Setbacks. Missionary Chipped at the head of

Chipped at the head of the first

A Letter Purporting to be from His Satanic Majesty

By Elijah Fitch

October 30

1795 ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. An Encouragement in Abolitionist Cause in Light of Current Setbacks. Missionary Chipped at the head of. . . 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