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PEOPLE OF SCOTLAND, BEWARE!! Mr. A. CAMPBELL, and his colleague Mr. J. HENSHALL, from Virginia, U.S., are at present lecturing throughout Scotland on Christian Union ; and, as the people of this country ought to be very cautious in entering into Christian Union with per- sons whose general principles are unknown to them, they are hereby warned against holding Christian fellowship with these gentlemen, until they have ascertained from them their views upon the all-important question of SLAVERY! Mr. CAMPBELL asserts that Slavery, considered in itself, is not sinful?is not opposed to the principles and spirit of Christianity?and that the Saviour, and his Apostles, sanctioned the practice of man holding property in man; and he admits that he is in religious fellowship with Slaveholders?that the Churches with which he is connected in America receive some of these INHUMAN TYRANTS into Commu- nion?and further, that in these Churches the Black and White Members do not sit together?that, in fact, the NEGRO PEW System is rigidly adhered to. AGAIN, Here is one of the laws of Virginia, the State from which these gentlemen come :? " All meetings of Slaves at any meeting-house, or at any school or schools, for learning to READ or write in the day or night, shall be deemed an unlawful meeting."?Virginia Code of 1819. What have these men done to get these infamous laws abolished ? What have they done to loose the bands of wickedness?to undo the heavy burdens?to let the oppressed go free ? For the sake of suffering humanity?for the sake of the THREE MILLIONS OF YOUR FELLOW-CREATURES groaning under the cruel bondage of American Slavery?People of Scotland, see that you do not in any way countenance that abom- inable system; beware lest you, in any degree, sacrifice your well-known Anti-Slavery principles, by apparently assenting to the absurd opinion of these men on this matter. Protest against their pro-Slavery views?tell them that you can have no connection with them, until they go home and urge upon thier Slaveholding brethren to cease to do evil, to learn to do well, to seek judgment, and to Emancipate all their Slaves! August 17, 1847. ____________________________ J. Jeffers Wilson Printer.
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1847 shelfmark: APS.4.85.24
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