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the taking up and selling such for Slaves again, who areset free, altho' by conscientious Persons who are not free to holdthem in Slavery: It afforded me comfort that he acknowledgedthat Law to be unjust, hoped for its alteration, &; proposed to usewhat influence he had for it's repeal. or alteration. 7th Our next Meeting was at Sutton's-Creek, large, solid andsatisfactory: In these meetings I have been engaged in closeService, which seems well received. From place to place I partake of spiritual Poverty, Yet am not left with out a Hopein the Lord, who putteth forth and goeth before: Blessed be hisglorious Name forever 8th. The next day two large Meetings,in Pasquotank County, one at Wells's and another at BeachSpring: so large that the houses did not near hold the people. On the On the 9th. we were at Piney-woods Meeting; This alsowas large, and to me exercising. -- At these Meetings manyblack people attended, who behaved solidly. -- I then had to turnback into Virginia again, about 36 miles to Jesse Cowpland's.On our way thither, it was affecting at different Places, toobserve the situation of the poor Slaves, Men, Women andChildren: a number of little ones quite naked, many others who weregrown up nearly so, or their covering little better then tat-tered rags; It seems as though a continuance in Scenes of Cruelty