Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-07-04

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as we'll as Injustice (afer having promised
them their freedom and as 10 taking them TO
England what could be.done with them there!
1t was at length determined to gire them Their
Eberfu, and to disbsnd them in Nova Scotia,
and TO settle them there upon grants OF land as
British subjects ant, as feemen The Nova SEQ
,ians, on learning 1hei destination, were alarm
ed. They could moi BEAR the thought OF hav.
ing such numberspf black persons among
! them, and particulatjy as these understood the
use of arms. The government, however, per-
severing in its original intention, they were con-
veyed 10 Halifax, and distributed from thence
into the country Their number, comprehend-
ing men, women and children, were two ,hous-
and and upwards. To gain their livelihood,
some of them worked upon little portions OF
| land of their own; others worked as carpenters;
/ others became fishermen, and others worked Tor
hire in other ways. In process OF time they
raised places Of worship of their own, and had
ministers Of their own, from their own body.
"They led harmless life, and gained the
character Of an industrious and honest people
from their white neighbors. a few years al.
forwards, the land Of Nova Scotia being found
too poor 10 answer, and the climate too cold Tor
their constitutions, a number Of them, to the a.
mount Of between thirteen and fourteen hun
! cred, volunteered to form new colony, which
was then irst thought of at Sierra Leone
Accordingly having been conveyed there, they
realised the object in view; and they are to be
found ,here-they, or their observation-disclosures
of them in independent, and some OF them in
affluent circumstances, at the present day.
"A second case may be taken from what oc-
| Cured at the second or last American war -
| 1t may be remembered HAT large British ma
val force, having on board a powerful land force,
sailed in the year 1914 10 make descent on
the coast of the Southern States OF America
The British arhiy, when landed, marched to
Washington and burn, most Of its public build
irgs. 1t was engaged also, al different times,
with the American army in the field. During
the sc expeditions, some hundreds OF slaves IN
these parts Joined the British standard by invi-
ta,ion When the campaign was over, the same
difficulty occurred about disposing OF these, as
in the former case 1t was determined, at
length, to ship them to Trinidad, as. free hbour-
ers But hcre-,hat is, at Trinidad-an o5jec-
ton was stated against receiving them; hut on
a different ground from that which had been
stated in the similar case in Nova Scotia. The
planters of Trinidad were sure that no free ne
sroes would ever work; and, therefore, that the
slaves IN question would, if made fres.and set
tied among them, support themselves by PLUM
DER Sir Ralph Woodford, however, the Co.
vernon of the Island, settled them where he sup
posed the experiment would be most safely
made. The result has shown his discernmenl
These very men, formerly slaves in the South
ern States of America, and afterwards emanei-
pated in body at Trinidad, are now earning.
try and good conduct, that the calumnies origi-
nally spread against them, have entirely died
away"
The third case mentioned by Clarkson, is
that Of the regiments oeblaCk troops in the Bri-
,ish West Indies. Some o! these had been O.
riginaly purchased in Africa, not as slaves,
but as recruits, and others in Jamaica and else
where. In the year in 1919 many hundreds of
these were TRANSPORTED 10 Sierra Leone, and 9th.
ers set al liberty and settled upon grants of
land given them by the government.
1t appears from accounts received from Sir
Charles mccarthy, the Governor of Sierra Lee
one, that they i've conducted themselves to his
satisfaction, and that they will prove valuable
addition 10 that tolony.
A fourth casdmay comprehend what we call
the captured neSoes in The colony now mention
ed. These are tally distinct from those either
in the first or in the las, Of The cases which
have been menbned 1t is well known that
these were takeyout of slave ships, captured
at different, timeSfrom the commencement Of
the abolition of le slave trade, TO the presen,
moment; and b on being landed they scere
! made free NJ having been recruited in
heir health, they lere marched in bodies into
the interior, whc9 they were taught to form
villages and to cuRac laaG for themselves
They were made BE as they were landed from
| the vessels, from 6y 10 f,co or three hundred at
q lime" "They octpy al present twelve towns,
in which they havs'oth their churces and their
schools Rege,ts, Town having been one Of
the frs, es,ablshf, containing upwards of
thirteen hundrfl spIs, stands foremost in i'm
provement, anshas,ecome pattern for indus.
try and good tanAle."
"The peopN thee have now fallen entirely
into the haba of English society They are
decen,ly anekespe,ably dressed. They at
tend divine yrshii regularly. They exhibit
an orderly al morn conduct In their town
little shops beginning to make their ap-
pearance, an heir inds shew the marks orex.
traordinary x,iva,en. Many of them, after
having supiH ,hI own wants for the year,
have surH prthce in hand, for the pur-
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