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Antigua, who speaks, on his own knowledge, of more than
twenty years back; confidently appealing at the same time to
the inhabitants of the colony in which he resides for the
truth of his averments, and producing a testimonial to Mr.
Phillips's good character signed by two members of the
Antigua House of Assembly, and by Mr. Wyke, the collector of
his Majesty's customs, and by Antigua merchants, as
follows--'that they have been acquainted with him the last
four years and upwards, and he has always conducted himself
in an upright becoming manner--his character we know to be
unimpeached, and his morals unexceptionable.'

(Signed) "Thomas Saunderson John D. Taylor
John A. Wood George Wyke
Samuel L. Darrel Giles S. Musson
Robert Grant."

"St. John's, Antigua, June 28, 1825."

In addition to the above testimonies, Mr. Phillips has brought over to
England with him others of a more recent date, from some of the most
respectable persons in Antigua--sufficient to cover with confusion all his
unprincipled calumniators. See also his account of his own case in the
Anti-Slavery Reporter, No. 74, p. 69.]

I leave the preceding letter to be candidly weighed by the reader in
opposition to the inculpatory allegations of Mr. Wood--merely remarking
that Mr. Wood will find it somewhat difficult to impugn the evidence of
Mr. Phillips, whose "upright," "unimpeached," and "unexceptionable"
character, he has himself vouched for in unqualified terms, by affixing
his signature to the testimonial published in the Weekly Register of
Antigua in 1825. (See Note below.)

The next testimony in Mary's behalf is that of Mrs. Forsyth, a lady in
whose service she spent the summer of 1829.--(See page 21.) This lady, on
leaving London to join her husband, voluntarily presented Mary with a
certificate, which, though it relates only to a recent and short period of
her history, is a strong corroboration of the habitual respectability of
her character. It is in the following terms:--

"Mrs. Forsyth states, that the bearer of this paper (Mary
James,) has been with her for the last six months; that she
has found her an excellent character, being honest,
industrious, and sober; and that she parts with her on no
other account than this--that being obliged to trav