It was written by two of the society's members, Hannah and Mary Townsend, with the intention of encouraging abolitionist ideas in young children.

The society and its chapters produced a variety of anti-slavery literature for both adults and children.

The intended audience was young children in households where the parents were already opposed to slavery.

[4] The book is prefaced with a poem, "To Our Little Readers", that encourages readers to talk to other children and adults about ending slavery, and to refuse foods made with sugar, which was produced on plantations worked by slave labor.

For example, the quatrain for the letter "A" is: A is an Abolitionist— A man who wants to free The wretched slave—and give to all An equal liberty.