He  "  was  born  in  the  South,  had  been  nursed  by  a  slave  woman,
had  seen  the  black  man  under  all  circumstances,  and  in  all
parts  of  the  United  States,  and  yet  he  hud  never  seen  one
that  was  a  man." — "  lie  dwelt  at  some  length  on  the  great
blessing  American  slavery  is  conferring  on  the  slave,  in  afford-
ing him  an  opportunity  to  become  acquainted  with  Chris-
tianity, and  secure  the  salvation  of  his  soul."  And  yet,
according  to  the  same  speaker,  he  could  never  rise  in  this
country,  and  must  therefore  be  colonized  to  Africa.  Among
the  officers  and  prominent  members  of  the  Society  present,


SLAVERY  AND  FREEDOM.  851

"  were  many  supporters  of  Mr.  Webster  and  the  Fugitive
Slave  law,  and  signers  of  the  celebrated  letter  to  him,  con-
gratulating him  upon  his  7th  of  March  speech,  in  support  of
that  bill  of  abominations.''  Among  these  was  Rev.  Dr.  Woods,
who  pronounced  the  benediction  at  the  close.  "  These  gen-
tlemen, grayheaded  Doctors  of  Divinity,  and  cotton  politi-
cians of  Boston,  thumped  their  canes  right  heartily  at  the
speech"  of  Dr.  Derby.  Robert  Morris,  Esq.,  a  colored  lawyer,
of  Boston,  rose  modestly,  and  wished  to  ask  a  few  questions,
but  was  refused. — Vide  K  Y.  Daily  Tribune,  May  28,  1852.
It  remains  to  say  that  the  pretensions  of  the  Colonization
Society  of  doing  much  to  evangelize  Africa,  and  to  check  and
limit  the  slave  trade,  have  been  found  to  be  in  keeping  with
its  other  pretensions.
As  late  as  1833  or  '34,  Rev.  Dr.  Spring  of  New  York,  at  a
colonization  meeting  in  that  city,  lamented  that  the  Society
had  done  nothing  for  the  religious  instruction  of  the  emigrants.
