Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-18
exoovseus COMING
A Colony 81 Twenty-Five FamIlsas 20 Ar.
rive NeAl Week from Askansas.

A Colony 81 Twenty-Five Fanatics 20 Ar
rive Neat Week from Askansas.
Il A. Fulton, agent for II colony Of col
ored people who are abou, 10 leave
Arkansas for Dakota, IL in town to-day
making arrangements for the coming Of
twenty-five families of black refugees from
the southeastern portion Of Arkansas. Mr..
Fulton says that these people have been
driven from their homes Ivy the prosecutions
Of the whites and that they desire to settle
10 a country where they can enjoy the fruits
Of their labor. Ever since they became free
they have endesvored to build for the future
in their native land, but all the influences
are against them and self interest now com.
pells them to cut loose and come to a local.
ity where there are no preju6ices against the
black man who il honest and ,nduslrious.
Mr.. Fulton says that these people have mon.
ey enough to bring them to Yankton and 10
provide them with food and clo,hing until
they can gather a crop They are de-irous
of taking farms on. the shafes-the land,
tools, teams and seed to be
furnished by the owners Of the farms,
the colored laborers obligating themselves to
return the property loa ned and n sufficient
share of the crop to recompense the land
owners at the end of the season. There are
a great many farms in the vicinity OF Yank
ton which might be probably worked by
these industrious people, with the aid of a
little capital Thy possess the muscle
and the disposition. but are minus the cash
to give them q start in the world. Here is
an opportunity for an advantageous combs
nation of labor and capital which should
ne taken advantage Of The female mem
hers If these families will make excellen,
house servants, and as there is so great a
scarcity Of this class Of workers, the coming
of the "exodusers" will furnish some relief
to distressed housekeepers. Mr.. Fulton
requests all who have lands TO let out on
the terins indicated To leave their names al
the Press and Dako'nian counting room
and on his rctur with his colony he will
confer with the parties. He designs leuv-
ing Tomorrow for Ca 70, Illinois. where h.
will meet the refugees aud bring them tn
nur city.
Mr.. Fulton, who is himself q colored
mao. though his complexion does net indi-
cate it, has been q leading mar among
his people for years. H.
| ~oc 0e;ripo1lv o),,,o ~
Missouri, but ran away when a boy and
went to Chicago, where he remained until
after the war, when he went south again
He has been a member of the legislature o
Arkansas and is at present a deputy United
States marshal for one of the districts O
hat state. He il a man of unusual intelli
gence and is fully competent to take a com
prehensive view Of the southern situ aion.
He says that hia people are compelled ,t
leave the south, and that the exodus will
become general all over that portion Of tn
country. Not only are the negroes denied
political rights, but they are absolutely pre-
vented from acquiring the property theiI
labor earns. Hence, in SELF pron c,ion, i
becomes necessary for them to migrate and
there will be a general exodus to The n"rtl
this summer. The whites are using ever,
means, excepting open violence, to proven
this movement, but it has already gained
such an impetus that it cannot be held il
check. The party which will land in Yank
ton next week is the advance guard O
thousands who are bound TO utilize III,
grain fields of Dakota. There ia room fol
hem Let them come. They can u,iliz
ur soil and the products Of their labor vii
become a source Of profit to all of us.
Spring cloakinxs in all wool. also splendit
line Of new style buttons, passamenteries
fringes, &C., received TODAY.