I shall honour the Quakers for their noble Effort to abolish Slavery. It is equally calculated to promote moral & political Good. Letter to Robert Pleasants (1773)
I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil. Everything we do is to improve it, if it happens in our day; if not, let us transmit to our descendants, together with our slaves, a pity for their unhappy lot and an abhorrence of slavery. Letter to Robert Pleasants (1773)