The prospectus made clear its abolitionist view and stated that several respectable gentlemen who had already subscribed had done so "not with a view of any present profit to themselves, but merely, through benevolence and public spirit, to promote a charitable measure, which may hereafter prove of great national importance to the Manufactories, and other Trading Interests of this Kingdom".
Prospektet indeholdt klart abolitionistiske synspunkter, og fastslog at adskillige respektable herrer, som allerede havde bidraget, havde gjort det "ikke med henblik på at opnå en fortjeneste for dem selv, men blot, ved god vilje og samfundsånd at støtte et velgørende tiltag, som herefter kan vise sig at få stor national betydning for fabrikkerne og andre handelsinteresser i dette kongerige".