 By the summer of 1825 she was seeking advice from Lafayette and Jefferson, among others, to begin implementing her ideas.Owen and Lafayette later became members of her project's board of trustees; however, Jefferson declined to participate.Wright also published "A Plan for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery in the United States Without Danger of Loss to the Citizens of the South" (1825), a tract that she hoped would persuade the U.S. Congress to set aside federal land for the purpose of promoting emancipation.