assured, was not intended for Antigua so much as for Stoke
Newington, and Peckham, and Aldermanbury.

"In regard to Mary's narrative generally, although I cannot
speak to the accuracy of the details, except in a few recent
particulars, I can with safety declare that I see no reason
to question the truth of a single fact stated by her, or
even to suspect her in any instance of intentional
exaggeration. It bears in my judgment the genuine stamp of
truth and nature. Such is my unhesitating opinion, after a
residence of twenty-seven years in the West Indies.

"I remain, &c.
"JOSEPH PHILLIPS."

_To T. Pringle, Esq._

"P.S. As Mr. Wood refers to the evidence of Dr. T. Coull in
opposition to Mary's assertions, it may be proper to enable
you justly to estimate the worth of that person's evidence
in cases connected with the condition and treatment of
slaves. You are aware that in 1829, Mr. M'Queen of Glasgow,
in noticing a Report of the "Ladies' Society of Birmingham
for the relief of British Negro Slaves," asserted with his
characteristic audacity, that the statement which it
contained respecting distressed and deserted slaves in
Antigua was "an abominable falsehood." Not contented with
this, and with insinuating that I, as agent of the society
in the distribution of their charity in Antigua, had
fraudulently duped them out of their money by a fabricated