Download or read book Mission to the Fugitive Slaves in Canada (Classic Reprint) written by Colonial Church and School Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-26 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Mission to the Fugitive Slaves in Canada Introduction.-as misapprehensions have, in some instances prevailed respecting the true. Nature of the Fugitive Slave Mission, it well once more to state that its object is simply of a spiritual kind. Thou sands of' colored persons, who had escaped, from the United States, were located in Canada; at-the: time of its formation; their numbers, their religious degrada tion, and their settlement in a British colony were the motives which induced the Society to. Commence the work. The funds of the Mission are expended) entirely for spiritual purposes. The Committee deem mere tem poral relief altogether alien' from their special work and are anxious that all the friends Of the Society should be fully aware. Of the purely missionary character of their labors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.