Toronto, July 14, 1848.

Mr. Editor. Sir:—Last evening, at a regular monthly and quarterly meeting of the British American Anti-Slavery Society, it was resolved that any person or persons going from Canada to the United States, or elsewhere, on a mission to beg money, except they have authority from some denomination or from the British American Anti-Slavery Society, the public should be aware of them. I am authorized by the Society to forward this to you for publication, and desire you to request other papers to publish the same.

JAMES D. LINSLEYTinsley, James D.

James D. Tinsley (d. 1854) was born a slave in Virginia but escaped to Toronto where he became active in the Black community there. He was the secretary of the British American Anti-Slavery Society for a time and was friends with Samuel Ringold Ward. In 1852, Tinsley left for Australia, seeking his fortune in gold. He again became a prominent figure in his new home, becoming involved with the local Y. M. C. A. and teaching at the all-White Baptist Sabbath School. While returning to Canada in 1854, his ship wrecked at sea. C. Peter Ripley et al, The Black Abolitionist Papers, 5 vols. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1985–92), 2:151, 158n, 170ff; E. Daniel Potts and Annette Potts, “The Negro and the Australian Gold Rushes, 1852–1857,” Pacific Historical Review, 37:387 (November 1968). ,

Sec’y of the B. American A. S. Society.