ondition and moral
character of the free blacks in your state, as you may think best
adapted to your particular situation.

By a decree of the National Convention of France, all the blacks
and people of color, within the territories of the French
republic, are declared free, and entitled to an equal
participation of the rights of citizens of France. We have been
informed that many persons, of the above description,
notwithstanding the decree in their favor, have been brought from
the West-India islands, by emigrants, into the United States, and
are now held as slaves,--We suggest to you the propriety, as well
as the necessity, of making enquiry into the subject, and of
effecting their liberation, so far as may be found consistent
with the laws of your state.[2]

_To the Society for promoting
the Abolition of Slavery, &c._

The Delegates from the several Abolition Societies in the United
States inform you, that, agreeably to the recommendation of the
Convention of last year, they met in this city on the first
instant, and have, with much harmony and satisfaction, gone
through the business which came before them. They have the
pleasure to assure you, that every successive meeting evinces the
importance of that union and concert which are so happily
established among the several Societies, in pursuing the great
object of their association.

But, although the exertions of this delegated Body have been
hitherto attended, as we hope, with considerable
success--Although we are persuaded that no small progress may be
marked in the great business of emancipation; yet much remains to
be done; as long as _seven hundred thousand_ of our Fellow
Creatures, in the United States, continue in a state of bondage,
there appears a pressing necessity for the continuance of our
efforts; that we should keep our attention fixed upon the
subject, and stand ready to improve every favorable opportunity
that may occur, to forward the interesting cause in which we are
engaged. We are therefore induced to continue the recommendation
heretofore made, that a similar meeting be annually held; and as
convening at the present season is attended with inconveniences,
we propose, that the next Convention, should asse