, 1877-07-16
EXODUS TO AFRICA.
South Carn1in~ Negroes Proposing to Leave
for tho Land of Their ForefatltcTB.
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South Carolina NtEFCct proposing to Leave
for tho Land of Their ForefathcTB.
Cntre&pondenee Mem Fork Nm,
CHARLESTON, july 1o.-Tho negroes nrc alive
nj present With antteiIatious OF return 10 their
ancestral jungles. Ever since the Iast election
tho popular sentiment among them hns been In
favor Of m exodus to Africa. Here, lately, the
sentiment has taken detnItc sbnpc, aud organ
led efrDsts arc being made to obtain assistance
from the 1.bertan and Amer,can Govornlncnta
TO assist In furnishing vessels to transport tho
cmigrunls. An agtncy has bccn established In
this city purIortfnE 70 he brunch OF tho Coloni
zatton Society of Philadelphia at which the
70 dcfray preliminary expenses. some Of
the colorcd churches have taken up the INIT
tcr, and IN onu Of them every member llss etg-
nii1cd Ills Or her intention 10 accompany tlctr
pastor. Every idle negro is loud In his asscr-
lion, ~ an, gwine on dc fust ship whtci,
starts.n
On tho 9TH OF July the negroes held mas
meeting on tic Ratscry green in ttts city {os the
propagation Of their S,ntGration toliry. 1lcru
tendance. Every speaker who addressed them
spoke favorab1y Of the exodus except n wlliio
missionary from Vermont, who was scarrcly
allowed to proceed aftes he was found TO dis
termiaei @ % to @ adopt % Tue old cd Jews.h] ] PRECEDENT,
mud septl two men to Spy 11t tho land. Ac-
cordinGly an assessment OF nickel WAS levied
upon each poll for That purpose, and collected
The battery is beautiful spot, covered With
Ersst, ard regularly shaded BY oak trees. Over
tlr heads ni the nnt,on'5 wards loatcd the
beautiful flag Of the Union. Ou the vrcen-
eward they wore gathered In groups Of 100 or
lila, Iu" Tiey we're " 80 intent On n this n: ci,
joyn,cnt that they pail little attention to tho
speakers. except TO throw III tic nickel, and
titus <uailttn their readiness for tho expedition.
A. oa f1e s1owas S.tn o. happy se
old negro, " Ia Hot this better tim I.lbcrIals
Tho old man answered, "Eoss, dis is berry nice
but dey fay nc must go back to our peoples
Thr pfnpagandtsts tell tho negroes TINT Atri.
ca has Enldun shore, upon whose beach old
from the deep sea. Diamonds aro said to pave
the rtvn1ets Bread grows on tho trees. Meat
srs s wnos ' tsny i9 foe ono yea s'pa sya M
nurse TUG babies, while tho mother rider In
eu!dcr chariot drawn by white ostrlcl,ct.
Tho less crcttu|oua and more Industrious {'Cor
pie nre told that cotton and rico graw without
sepiantfng, 81 that two cropa arc gathered each
year. that coffee Is perennial. and oaly requires
picking anl Sucking, and that In u fUI years
they wilt bc y rich Is their old nlastcrs wcrc
before tho War.
social principlcs. They aro told they mny stay
among tte whtte people q thousand years anil
they will never he anything moro than 'tni1-
gers, and IL they 70 10 Africa among their own
peuplc their superior Intelligence will soon give
thcn. rlacc aud position In tl!eir, tatherla,ad;
they will be klugs md Queens, lordk md lales,
among : people WHOM they will elevate by tlcls
association.
Nal. Dcany, tho 1rst black field officer Of tho
late War, who has explored q considerable por-
tion Of tic promised laud, takes philosophical
view of tic matter. Ito eaya hs beGIns to realize
thAt slavery was great clyiliziuE process to tho
African raco; that they Wtrt brought to Anerf-
ca, Christ!anlzcd In bondage, md are now able
t. return anl Chfistanlzc the old folks ut home.
lie secs trouble in tho fact TINT tlosc who asc
able 10 communicate either moral or religious
culture to TIC Africans, and he thinks thoso Who
Rre nblc 30 to do will lkcly desire to remain Iii
this State. Lie tavors a partial e,niGrntion VI
superior Intelligence, 10 TINT tho paouccrs may
become practical missionaries. AfterWatd he
ihiuks q general exodus fnay be effected.
My Own experience among tho colorel people
leads me 10 believe thnl the most Intelligent
are those who are most lu rarncsk about going.
The mulattnes particularly secsn anxioua to re-
turn to the iand Of "tflctr f0refathers." They
arc cut oI from oil sotial aspirations In Amer
compulsory social recognition, Is closed against
tttctn, by tue aIrrcuicr Ut tho negro purity itl
the lata elections, they yearn for other fields in
Which to pasturc. 6onlc Of tlic1n who arc prop
csty-ltulderx anticipate fclIing their property
aua Joining thu expedition.
The whiles look uu, with different ideas as to
tho ctfttt Of M exudus. Most OF them quietly
say. "f}etter let them 20, anu then the country
wall At up With white people, and tho oil 6.ato
will commence d new lcuso Ut ltfc.h Some, how
without negro labor, md many of them who
vet 1ut,k on their old slaves ns fontcr children
catlnrt bear thu lieu OF parting With them to
return to bax6ar1snL