This Quaker pamphlet details the resolution taken at the Meeting of the Society of Friends for 1844: "we feel it to be once more our religious duty to plead the cause of these suffering victims of avarice and cruelty, and to advocate the principles of righteousness, mercy and truth" (3). The text describes slavery as a crime against God and a violation of natural laws, and reminds the reader that although slavery has been abolished in the British colonies, it continues in the United States, Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico and the colonies of the other European powers, as well as in the Mediterranean and Egypt. The Society of Friends appeals to those abroad - not only sovereigns and political leaders, but all people - to spread the word, and work towards the abolition of slavery: "we therefore invite our brethren, in our own country and elsewhere, to take a part in diffusing just and correct views of Slavery and the Slave-trade" (9).

Signed by George Stacey on behalf of the annual Meeting of the Society of Friends in London (May 1844).