Letter to Charlotte Queen of Great Britain, 1783-08-25

              To Charlotte Queen of Great Britain Impressed with a sence [sic] of Religious duty, & encouraged by the opinion generally entertained of thy benevolent disposition to succour [sic] the distressed, I take the liberty, very respectfully, to offer to they perusal, some Tracts which I believe faithfully describe the suffering condition of many hundred thousands of our fellow Creatures of the African race, great numbers of whom rent from every tender connection in Life, are annually taken from their native Land, to endure in the American Islands, & Plantations, a most rigorous & cruel Slavery, whereby many, very many of them are brought to a malencholly [sic] & untimely end. When it is considered that the Inhabitants of Britain, who are themselves so eminently blessed in that enjoyment of Religious & civil Liberty, have long been & yet are very deeply concerned in this flagarent [sic] violation of the common Rights of Mankind; & that even its national authority is exerted, in support of the African Slave Trade, there is much reason to apprehend, that this has been & as long as the Evil exists, will continue to be, an occasion of drawing down the divine displeasure on the Nation & its dependences. May these considerations induce thee to interpose thy kind endeavors on behalf of this greatly oppressed People, whose abject situation gives them an additional claim to the Pity & assistance of the generous Mind in as much as they are altogether deprived of the means of solliciting [sic] effectual relief for themselves! That so, thou may not only be a blessed Instrument in the hand of him,"by whom Kings reign & Princes decree justice," to avert the Awful Judgments, by which the Empire