Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-08-20
LIBERIA.
The EmigrRnts who Left last Fall We'll
SeftIeGa---PreparafiOn Made to Take
? MOPe---Letter from n. w. Erskine.

The Emigrants who Left Hast FalA well
acknowledgements Made to Take
MOPe---Letter from n. w. ErsIkine.
aiKNoxYnLE, Tenn, Aug. 10th, 1867
70 the Freedmen Of Tennessee By reference
TO the accompanying letter from Rev. HI.
w. Erskine, of MonroVia, Liberia, you
will get history of the transportation and
settlement of one hundred and fifty of your
race. who sailed last fall, all of them from
East Tennessee. aufegg H
| take pleasure in informing you that the
means are provided to transport and settle
one hundred and fifty more this fall from
this section. The book is now open in my
Office in Knoxville, and those who wish to
90 to their fatherland should enroll their
names Immediately. A vessel will sail
from Charleston, s. c., early in November
next.
Those who may desire to emigrate, viii
be furnished free transportation from Knox
vile, and provisions for six months after
their arrival in Liberia. Information fur
nished at my office.
JOHN CALDWELL.
RoBERTsPoRT, March G, 1867.--MY
DEAR SIR: | am happy to inform you that
the $50 people landed here are cOntented
and happy in their new homes. The lands
are already surveyed, plotted and allotted
to them, and many have planted patches
of corn, potatoes and garden vegetables,
which are growing finely. Each married
man receives twenty-five acres, and single
persons ten acres. The new settlement is
laid out on the river Marie, which runs
north of northeast from Cape Mount, about
sixteen or eighteen miles from its mouth.
The lands are very fertile, and afford plenty
of good timber for building purposes-such
as rosewood, oak, redwood, etc, ETC., etc.
Water is plentiful, and of the best quality.
In short, the new settlement, which we
named, before we left America, Schieffelin,
after our excellent Minister to your govern
ment, Henry NJ SchieffeIin, Esq, whose
disinterested iabors and numerous acts of
kindness for the upbuilding of Liberia,
and its future prosperity and progress,
are known to but few, is in one of the
best districts of Liberia. First, it is in the
centre of the rice country. Second, palm oil,
camwood, ivory, rice cotton and country
cloths are brought constantly to market
through this region. Third, fish of the
finest quality are plentiful in the rivers and
creeks. Fourth, the roads leading to the inte
rior, and the Gallinas and Mamma countries,
lie in this district. 1t affords every facility
for cheap living, while the soil seems to
say, "Come and till me and l will reward
your industry thousand fold" Nature
has made it healthy and inviting spot for
the enterprising and industrious husband
man. An English trading house is estab-
lished here, and is doing large business.
Let our intelligent people come to Cape
Mount as they cannot do better anywhere.
| feel it duty / owe to them to do all /
can to encourage them to come to their
fatherland, and am willing to spend the
remainder of my life in such labor
Of love. Ny friends ia Tennessee write
to me to return again next fall, but |
cannot promise them. Had / the means,
| would willingly devote one or two years
in the United States in giving information
and directing my people to Liberia. think
l could be as useful 10 my race in that as
in any other way. Yours truly,
II. w. ERsKINE.
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