The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-15
BACK FROM AFRICA
MRS. J. l.. WORRIES VISITS THE
DARK CONTINENT.
"A Chicago Lady Gives q Short Account of
Her Trip to Liberia. Finds No Color Pref
udice In England. Advises Afro-Ameri-
cans to Stay Away from Africa,

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Africa, where she went to visit he,
uncle. wealthy merchant. The uncle
died before she reached Africa but che
found the family and remained with
them for several months. Although
MRS. Vorhies says nothing about the
matter it is whispered that she was re-
membered in the uncle's will and she
will soon become in possession of an
immense fortune. To reporter, of The
APPEAL Mrs. Vorhies gave the fol owing
account of her journey:
II left the States on April 3. 1897. on
the Z. s.. Weasland from Philadelphia,
arriving at Liverpool on the 14tu. The
voyage is slower than by the way of New
York, as via Philadelphia it is 500 miles
longer. I stayed in England two weeks
at the Lawrence hotel on Clayton Square,
Liverpool. There I met many fine
people and was treated nicely. went
out walking with English and Scotch
ladies and also to the Prince of Wales
Theatre. l also visited Manchester. 1t
ls great manufacturing city. In my
conversations with different business
men. they all expressed q dislike for the
American people on account of their
foolish color prejudice and the lynchipg
on Afro Americans. On April Goth. i
left liverpool on the steamer Bepgae,a,
for Africa We called at the beautiful
Madeira Islands and saw Teneruffe with
its high peak high in the clouds. Then
We sailed for Goree on the'African coast.
At Dskark we saw Mona mmedan natives
with many wives. They are smart trad
ers. The French flag floats over the is.
land. The Fren CHI are very strict and
nore of the natives leave without a
passport. There is more freedom un-
der the English flag and at Bathurst the
people travel as they please, con-
versed With some of the educated ma
tives who speak English fuently and
are very good business men.
"Fhe shipments all along the, coast
are about the same: kola nuts, palm ker-
nels, etc. Sierra Leone is a shipping
place under the British flag. All ships
stop there to cable. They have fort
West India soldiers and white officers.
They call Sierra Leone white mans
grave"
"Two hundred and fifty miles more
brings us to the Republic of Liberia.
Cape Mount is the fret stop. did not
90 ashore, but from the ship there is a
nice view, very mountainous. The next
stop is Monrovia. landed at four
o'clock on the Is b of May. It is very
billy here. 1t looks like Sunday every
day, no excitement except when chip
comes in port. Cows, pigs, sheep and
goats walk around the streets the same
as people. ....... .....
1.-THE chief export is coffee, but the
African coffee has gone down in price
and lately the merchants ship but little.
They are waiting for the price to 90 up
They export cccoa, palm oil, palm nuts
and kernels to England and Germany.
The principal food is rice and palm oil,
fish cooked in palm oil and beef perhaps
once week. The African fever il no.
contagious but one has to get it Just the
same. When I reached Africa weigh
ed 1875 pounds. After had had the few.
or and jaundice I was down to 1875
pounds. l had good care. I wish the
press would discourage tie poor people
from going to Liberia: 1t is q long time
before they can get anything ]r I'M their
farms and if they have. no money it is a
bad place to be. Naturally they eel
everything to get back to America again
as the government can not support
them. I think that Bishop Turner il
doing great wrong when he advises
people to leave this country and 90 to
Liberia"