Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-06-18
SLAVE TRADE IN A NEW FORM.
FROM THE BOSTON DAILY COURIER.


COURIER.
1t will not be difficult to show that slave trade
in disguise is carried on at this moment on the
Coast of Africa, under the express sanction of the
British Government. 1t is well known that the
emancipation of the negroes in the British West
Indies has resulted in the ruin of those colonies.
Jamaica and Demarara, formerly rich and fourishing
territories, have gone to waste The negroes being
free before they ready for freedom have sunk into
sloth and barbarism. Hands are wanted to till the
ground, and the British unwilling their territories
reconverted into wilderness have been again under the
necessity of importing workmen from the old world.
First they tried coolies Hindoo aborers, but these
proved to be i'll adapted either to the climate the
sort of labor to which they applied. They
found after repeated trials be totally inefcent and
in Demarara they came near raising rebellion which
caused vigorous be adopted regard them
Next Chinese emigration to the West Indies
foot but this appears to have had better
Dreadful mortaes have thinned the numbers of every
company Of emgrants that has left China for the West
In short the British Government finds that to preserve
its West India colonies it must have more negroes
from Africa and has returned the slave trade
We have, previous OCCASION called the attention of
the public to this fact connected with the colony of
Liberia We present the following additional parti-
culars, which we find in the Colonization Herald:
The latest and favorable scheme Of the British
Government for the procuring of foreign aborers to their
colonies is large supply of native Africans of the Kroo
Crew tribe From the information which we have oh
aned it appears that the plan embraces these par
ticulars, viz That Messrs Hyde Hodge Co., of Lon
don, hnvr with the Policy ef
Guiana to convey 600 laborers from West Africa
that colony, commencing from the first of July last,
the following terms First, Messrs. Hyde Co. au-
thorzed hire aborer, under ndenture for British
Guiana for three years. average of pence for
each days work; with claim to return passage after
industrial residence of such duration be agreed
upon with permission to Messrs Hyde Co. to advance
them two months wages If necessary; secondly, that
Messrs Hyde Co. to be paid in London by her Ma
jesty Commissioners for each adult of ten years and
upwards male female, landed in British Guiana from
the Kroo coast e. and for children G3 lOs and for any
sent back the Kroo coast GA los for adults and e. IS
for children thirdly, they to be repaid the advances
made the immigrants, the production of certificates
and fourhy the contract to continue for five years. and
Messrs Hyde Co. import during that period $4,000
Africans 1t is also understood that the same parties
have made similar proposition to legislative committee
of Jamaica introduce into that island equal number
of Kroomen and that the committee is in
spondence with the authorities of the colony relative
thereto
"These people-the Kroos-are scattered over almost
the entire coast Of Africa. They are the waermen
and sailors of the naval and merchant vessels visiting
that portion of Africa and hardy industrious people
noted for great love Of country Competent judges
innate their entire population not TO exceed 3OOOO OF
both and all ages.
Several experimental trips to induce these people to
conducted under the authority of the British
Government invariably proved complete failures.
Free aborers IN the proper of the term could not
be found and beyond this it was discovered that the
greatest disncnaon manifested by the Kroo Chiefs
or headmen to allow their people to emgrate because
those who had previously been permitted go Guiana
on the condition Of their return within specified period
had not been returned The Kroomen under the
thory of Chiefs and dare not act independently of their
will They cannot leave the country ship them
selves on board any vessel for short period without the
permission appointment of the headmen who receive
in advance from those anxious to their services
two months wages and their return for that forms
necessary part Of the stipulated agreement these head
men take their earnings equivalent probably it
is said for the debts of the family contracted it is pre-
sumed during their absence There several Kroo
men examined the west coast Of Africa in l847 from
whose evidence gather that il the king has small
dash or present, he will let the people GO but il they
refused hc poud make them like CO. In fact, the kroo
men have liberty of choice in the matter, and there
fore regard them people capable of entering voun
tary into labor contract is to oppose all the evl
dcnce which has been collected this important point
| ITO induce and secure emigration Messrs Hyde Co.
have offered advance of ten dollars for every sborer
who be induced to emgrate thence to the British CO.
ones This advance, it is believed will have the effect
Of reviyng the slave trade As it is, Of the rebel
ous native Chiefs who refuse to submit TO the Lberlan
Government reported to have engaged with the Bril-
fish agents in question to furnish number Of laborers
for the West India colonies and these honest subcon-
tractors known to have lately made number OF cap
by predatory incursons whom they have collected
in barracoons Grand Cape Mount II is not aston
hng in view Of these facts to hear that complaint mas
been lodged with the President of Liberia that these poor
wreches TO be sent off without their own consent
just as slaves TO Cuba or Brazil"
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