[42] Letter dated Richmond, March 28, 1819, to the Rev. Obadiah B. Brown, Washington City.

[43] The Missionary Jubilee, p. 215.

[44] Sixth Annual Report of the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions in The Latter Day Luminary, Vol. II, p. 141.

[45] The Latter Day Luminary, Vol. II, p. 141.

[46] Peck, op. cit., p. 439; cf. also The Missionary Jubilee, p. 215. The constitution of the Richmond African Baptist Missionary Society restricted its funds to Africa.

[47] The African Repository, March, 1829; Gurley, op. cit., appendix.

[48] This would have increased his salary to $1000 annually.

[49] Letter of William Crane to the Rev. Obadiah Brown.

[50] Gurley, op. cit., appendix, p. 148.

[51] Russell, The Free Negro in Virginia, pp. 145-156.