The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-03-13
GCODEY, GEORGIA..
Thirty Negroes Embark for an Excursion
TO the Suunv Cline of Africa.

Thirty Negroes Embark for an Excursion
to the Suunv Cline of Africa.
"Off fur ole Africa at las, bless de
Lamb!'
The old darlzr stood upon the rear plat
form of the excursion train that left At
iari y lass ondas lur tho steamer mat VIII
take the thirty negroes abroad to Africa
and as she spoke the tears trickled down
her black cheeks in a way that made her
pitiable indeed.
Whether those tears We're tears of glad
ness because she was going away TO Afrl-
ca to die, or whether they were tears of sor-
row prospect SO gloomy AS it would
seem to the average mind is not known.
To Judge from the OLD womans words
they were tears of genuine qualification and
delight, and, indeed, whether it was WHIST
Inns to keep their courage up or not All OF
the darkies aboard the train were loud IN
rejoicing al the trip ahead.
Such a singing and talking and shouting
and going on vas never witnessed at the
union passenger depot. There We're about
seven hundred negroes at the car shed to
see the party off for the land of the sun
They had gathered there from ali quar-
tiers of the CITY. They came to see their
friends off, some OF them to deride ana
laugh at the excursion party ana very
many out OF idle curiosity, being fc!ther
disposed to crItIcise yet to praise the
undertaking.
1t was very funny, and yet had its sad
side, TOO, for many of the cXcursionists
taking voyage for the hot sanaS Of Africa
We're old-Jip}e dariies sucH as one used to
see around the big 'ouse in slavery days,
scraping and bowling their courteses to the
white folks.
There We're Just thirty of them to leave.
They had q special car reserved for them,
and will go to Savannah the Central,
arly and
take voyage Oh a steamer FOR NcN York at
once. In New York they will be joined
by others who have been scraped together
by the CASTOR Agency there and Will sail
for Africa. They will have 40 stopping on
the way, so they declare, and will go
straight across the waters blue and land
in the harbor of eternal rest and JOY, they
seem to think.
The party was mad up Of all manner Of
negroes Some were young, some We're old,
some big, some little. One OF the old wo-
men in the party was sc aeed she had to
be lifted in the car.
When asked why she was going so far
away at this period of life, she screamed
out with many grunts and groans that it
was use to live in this country any
more, since "Ole marster and ole mistis''
had gone off and left her.
The party was organized by CASTOR the
now notorious excursion worker He has
had an agency at work in New york col
lectinG money on the installment plan for
TINS trip for time. Many of the Oar
kies who We're aboard yesterday declared
that they. have been chipping in their nick
els and dimes for more than year to pay
for their tickets. The money all went to
New York and not until the agency there
wired the Central railroad here that the
tickets had been paid for did the party
get ready 20 go There was a hitch about
it some way or other They received news
day before yesterday that the trip was
a 20, however, and one of them went around
and notified the others to pack up and get
ready.
Have Arrived at New York.
New York March 10.-When the American
liner Chester sailed this morning she had
aboard the forty colored enl!grants who
arrived here yesterday on the steamship
City OF Augusta from Savannah and Who
are on their way to Liberia.