The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-27
A NEGRO EXODUS.


ment has been inaugnn,icd designed 10 take
hundreds Of thousands Of the negro population
from the southern States and transplant them IN
Costa Rlca Guatemala. Honduras, Nicaragua, In
the Gu anns, llraziL and In the Argentine lIpub-
lilo These negroes arr Ia be taken especially from
south Carolina. Louisiana and Mississippi. though
tho negroes ~ other states are prom scd share In
the Bile sings Of the exodus The headquarters Of
the movement arr In Topeka. Kns., but operations
will be confined 10 the Southern States. all Of
which aro 10 share more or less In the movement
Agents have been sent 10 all the countries named,
aud reports are entirely satisfactory. The coored
men who have the matter In charge represent
nearly tl.0OOOO0. and II IL stated that before the
close Of ISIS nm exodus will have begun that will
carry away mor THAI 100000 Of laborcr from
the cotton, sugar and rico fields whcc
they are now nj work, and the tobacco
hclds VIII also loho large number Of wofkmen.
The countries named want these negroes. and aU
willing to make valuable concessions 20 SECURE
them ~ occupants aud tilcn OF the soil II Ia
stated that trnsty agents are 10 he sent into all the
country whore negro labor IL 40 necessary, but
where negro votes Rrc superiluous, II Ia believed
next fall all will be ready 10 sol the stream IN mo
ilou. aud he attempt will be made 10 secure oil
the riablc and trustworthy negroes In the south
leaving the worthless lazy class whom they do not
On paper the movement looks like big thing. but
toe ny out the program will he attended with 4
variety Of difficulties An exodus on big scale
lrom ooun,ry whec work IA plenty, wages ( IT,
aud votes supcrluou. 10 n country where work IA
not In special demand, wages approximately noth.
ing, aud votes slill more supcrluOus may lie the
fRht thing 10 do aud n the southern negroes think
~, thcy ought To start but they will md lord n
mighty hard road 10 unvcl, aud viii very ne.
qucntly wish they had not fallen inlo the hands Of
sct oil sharks ~ cruel ~ the men who stole their
ancestors from the junglcs OF the dark continent
Indianapolis SntiHd.
For the last twenty yoan the Republic.
nm party has made II part Of the bust.
ness Of It's Presidential campaigns TO spring
q negro exodus upon the country with a
Wow TO disorganizo the labor Of the
South and put the races at cnmiiy; and
thcsc schemes have generally originated In
Kansas. The ilsi two Of them were more
or lcss successful, but the rest proved fail.
urcs Tho negroes who went 10 KnnRls
returned saddcr but wiser men and women
They returned with "a big disgust for and
distrnsi Of Kansas" and they spread that
distrus, ~ that tho word kansas" stand,
with thcm today rs synonym foI
swindlc and theft An exodus planned
in aud TO DO conducted from that
State has, therefore, no ter.
nB for the South. Besides the
negroes could not be- induced by any often
10 cmigrate To countries where the laboring
massce AFRO not well paid nor guaranteed In
their safety Of lite and liberty. That "Con'
trail America Is a graveyard ior niggcrs" Il
the general belief current among tho ne
grccs Of the British West Indies, some o
whom. intelligent men, thus speak from
their own experience. Tho Topeka pco
pie engaged In this scheme are in nothing
better than "niggcr drivers" They have
organized a company with a capital %
S2.OO0.0O0. Men do not organize com
panics and pay mp capital for fun
| lhcy want profit Where ~ III,
profit in this case TO come from
From the sale Of the negroes who respond
10 their call for cmigmnis OF course. The,
arc 10 receive somuch per head M the slay,
dealers in Africa used i.al the beginning
Of this century. These scoundrls in 10
pcka arc no better than slave caichcs ant
u possible should be dealt with as such b,
the lave AZ 10 their agents, We have on,
to rccall the declarations Of the planters o
some OF the southern States year or mon
ago and the uhrais Of the negroes them
selves. II is very easy 10 lose one Of thcs,
slave catching agents In the woods.
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