TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. The original text used the character ſ (long-form s); these have been replaced by the normal s in this etext. Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have been placed at the end of the book. Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. A SHORT SKETCH OF THE EVIDENCE FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE, _Delivered before a Committee of the House of Commons_ TO WHICH IS ADDED, A Recommendation of the Subject TO THE SERIOUS ATTENTION OF PEOPLE IN GENERAL. [Illustration: (decorative separator)] “ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER YE WOULD THAT MEN SHOULD DO TO YOU, DO YE EVEN SO TO THEM,” Matt. chap. vii. ver. 12. [Illustration: (decorative separator)] LONDON, PRINTED; PHILADELPHIA: RE-PRINTED BY DANIEL LAWRENCE. M.DCC.XCII. ADVERTISEMENT. _The Design of the following_ SHORT SKETCH _is not to supersede, in any Degree_, MORE IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS, _but, on the Contrary, to extend their Circulation, and promote their Influence_. A SHORT SKETCH, _&c._