Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-23
A Plan to Deport the Negroes From
'1!aa the United States.
TEMAFIC PLAN.
Engineered by CoIored People Who
Favor the Scheme.
DETAILS FROM ANSAS
Of The Evening Star,


missouri. Arkansas. Kentucky and other
states met in Topeka and organized the
Central and South American immigration
Association and Equal Rights League of the
Western Continent" the object being to
organize the colored people of the United
states into colonies and send them to South
or Central America, there to found a new
empire, build new homes and in time solve
the race problem in this country by simply
allowing the Anglo-Saxon to have full and
unlimited sway
When this scheme was first advanced 1t
was talked about all over the country. and
discussed pro and con in the newspapers.
several prominent statesmen, notably John
j. ingalls,, taking hand. But finally in
| terest waned and effort ceased. until
| recently, when the association devel-
oped an entirely new plan. and an
nOunced that active efforts would soon
be made toward the deportation of negroes
to South America by the various states.
and that influential negroes would be sent
into the lecture field to explain fully the
plan of operation.
The Head Of the Movement.
Col John NJ. Brown, the negro county
| clerk of Shawnee county, Kan, is president
of the association, and S. w. Wine of Kan
| sas City secretary. Brown is one of the
ab:est colOred men in the west. and has
been a prominent candidate for state aud
itor. In political campaigns he renders VAL
liable service on the stump for the republi-
cans, and is recognized by the opposition as
a rorciDle and convincing speaker. he came
to Kansas twelve years ago at the head Of
an exodus from Mississippi, where he held
county office. he lived IN the black belt.
and the overwhelming negro majority made
1t possible for him to secure a political po-
sitlon. He Is thoroughly conversant with
the negro problem in the south, and after
twelve years Of study and Investigation he
believes his plan the only one that will
ever bring peace and happiness to his race.
1t will, he says, solve the vexing problem
In the south. and at the same time deport
these people to q country where there are
no social distinctions. but where with the
Latin races they would become cemented
and a part of the whole.
When Col. Brown first launched his COL
onization scheme on the public he was met
with strong opposition from leading colored
men all over the country. They did not be-
lieve it practical, and declared that a
wholesale emigration OF negroes would
tend to fasten upon them a greater servi-
tude than that complained Of on the cotton
| and suger plantations Of the south. Then
the negroes were unacQuainted with the
social conditions existing In the South
American countries; but since Col. Brown
and his cO-workers have, through printed
matter and from the lecture platform. re-
moved the prejudice which first existed. a
is constantly receiving letters inquiring
| about the movement Several years ago he
laid his plans in detail before ex-senator
John ]. Ingalls,. That gentleman secuted
the idea of cOlonizing the negroes In South
America. and advanced the opinion that his
plan of sending them back to Africa. their
natural home. was the only feasible one by
which the race question would ever be elm
ina ted from society and politics in this
country. Col. Brown. however. caused In
gals to weaken on his proposition when he
showed him the disadvantages of the Africa
scheme. He pointed out the fact that 1t
would cost at least 800 head to transport
the negroes to that country, and that the
great vessels necessary In the shipment Of
them across the ocean would, OF necessity.
have to come back empty, for the reason
that this country receives nothing from
Africa In the way of staple products. On
the other hand. to land them on the eastern
shore of South America 1t would not cost
over SIS a head. and on the return trips su-
gar coffee and other South American pro-
ducts could be transported at a nominal
cost.
New Plan Formulated.
Recently this association has formulated
a new plan. Each state Of the Union will
be requested to organize a society for the
purpose Of pushing the scheme. Each state
Will be required to raise fund sufficient to
| send from twenty-five to 100 families to
! South America as an experiment. and to
case they are unable to secure homes and
make their own way. When these societies
| are formed among the negroes of the vari-
Gus states during the coming winter a
board of directors will be chosen by each
state association. Later, all these boards
will come together and select national
| board to go to Brazil. Bolivia. Argentine Re
public and other South American countries
and arrange with the government offering
| the best advantages for either the purchase
| or lease of lands for the American colonies.
| Each state board will have charge of the
| deportation from that state, and In order
| that the plan may be favorably received by
| the Afro-Ame-icans and finall accepted by
| them as the best and surest way to solve
/ the race problem, only Industrious, intelii-
| gent and thrifty negroes will be taken in
| the first shipment. If they have sufficient
money to make the trip. they will be ex-
| pected to pay their passage; IL they have
| not the necessary means the society OF the
state from which they go will pay the ex-
penses. None of the indolent and shiftless
classes will be allowed in the first INSTALL
ment. The success or failure of the move
ment depends upon the class of people who
| first go to the new country, and the leaders
will see to ii that a good report comes back
| to stimulate others.
Each state Society n Stock Company.
1t is proposed to make every state society
| stock company and solicit from Afro
Americans sums of from $40 to $50, which
| will go into a common fund for advancing
the movement. One of the plans on foot is
| to build several large vessels to ply between
| New Orleans and points on the eastern
coast of South America to be paid for out
! of this fund. II a head of a family wishes
| to aid the enterprise and at some future
| time desires to cast his lot with his brethren
| in the new Eldorado. his subscription will
| be received, placed to his credit and when
| he is ready to go the amount will be APP
| piled on the passage of himself and family
| to his new home. These vessels, Col
| Brown thinks. would be profitable invest
| ment for the association, because they would
| bring in a good revenue for carrying to the
| United States their return trips the
| products of South America, which this coun-
! try must have. Thus. while the deportation
! of the negroes from the United States to the
new southern home was going on. the asso-
| citation would reap a rich harvest in bring
| ing back to this market the products of
| South American countries.
| Col Brown says negroes can be trans
| ported from points between New Orleans
| and St. Louis for about SIS head. He be-
leyes that after the first settlement is made
and the plan is proven a success as he
confidently believes it will be- that the as
ISOLATION will not be able to take all who
| will want to go. He says there is ten tim es
| more vacant land in Brazil alone than all
the negroes in the United States could prop
| erly cultivate. He has received letters from
that government recently, saying that all
the negroes who will may come auI be as
/ sured of protection homes and a compe-