"The following manumissions are the legitimate result of the '_moral influence_' of the Colonization Society. "[67:A]It would be endless to enumerate the cases of this kind that have occurred. Some of them must be recorded, that the acts and the names of the parties, where known, may have the applause to which they are entitled, and, what is of more consequence, that they may serve as stimuli to others, to follow the noble example. "A lady, near Charleston, Va. liberated all her slaves, _ten_ in number, to be sent to Liberia; and moreover purchased _two_, whose families were among her slaves. For the one she gave $450, and for the other $350. "The late William Fitzhugh bequeathed their freedom to _all his slaves_, after a certain fixed period, and ordered that their expenses should be paid to whatsoever place they should think proper to go. And, 'as an encouragement to them to emigrate to the American colony on the coast of Africa, where,' adds _the will, 'I believe their happiness will be more permanently secured, I desire not only that the expenses of their emigration be paid, but that the sum of fifty dollars_ be paid to each one so emigrating, on his or her arrival in Africa.' "David Shriver, of Frederick co. Maryland, ordered by his will, that all his slaves, _thirty_ in number, should be emancipated, and that proper provision should be made for the comfortable support of the infirm and aged, and for the instruction of the young in reading, writing, and arithmetic, and in some art or trade, by which they might acquire the means of support. "Col. Smith, an old revolutionary officer, of Sussex county, Va. ordered in his will, that all his slaves, _seventy_ or _eighty_ in number, should be emancipated; and bequeathed above $5000 to defray the expense of transporting them to Liberia. "Patsey Morris, of Louisa co., Va. directed by will, that all her slaves, _sixteen_ in number, should be emancipated, and left $500 to fit them out, and defray the expense of their passage. "The schooner Randolph, which sailed from Georgetown, South Carolina, had on board _twenty-six slaves_, liberated by a benevolent individual near Cheraw. "Of 105 emigrants, who sailed in the brig Doris, from Baltimore and Norfolk, _sixty-two_ were emancipated on condition of being conveyed to Liberia. "Sampson David, late a member of the legislature of Tennessee, provided by will, that all his slaves, _twenty-two_ in number, who are mostly young, should be liberated in 1840, or sooner, at his wife's decease, if she died before that period.