New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-04
A NEGRO COLONY IN AFRICA.
THE EFFORT TO TRANSPLANT THE
BLACKS OF THE WESTERN HEMI-
SPHERE IN NYASSALAND.

LIT D. ALBERT Thorne OF Philadelphia Is again
calling public attention to his proposed plan for
settling in Nyassaand. British Central Africa,
enterprising and patriotic members Of his race
now resident in the Western Hemisphere The
unsettled state Of the country has initiated in
some measure against the progress Of the en-
terprse: but notwithstanding so great an i'm
pcdiment. he has succeeded in obtaining about
three hundred annual subscribers in the United
States. chiefly In Philadelphia and New-York.
These. with two hundred more added. and the
1--WE hundred in Great Britain. who, token
of their interest. have already contributed more
than two-thirds Of the initial outlay and have
further promised to subscribe to the funds Of
the enterprise iteclf should. he estimates. pro-
vide an annual income Of about $1,000. This sum
would be sufficient to transport and maintain
ten families. together with the natives in train
ing under them. for period Of not less than
three and not moro than five years. when they
should be fully self-supporting.
The first contingent OF the colony will sail
from Bridgc.own. Barbados. West Indies. under
DR.. Thorne's leadership and personal direction.
about March 81. 1890. The United States
will be reached about week later. and after
short stay to take up more men and supplies
the expedition will then proceed from New-York
to London. 1t will sail from Southampton for
Cape Town on or about May 81.
COMPOSITION OF THE PARTY.
The party will not number more than ten. and
Will be made up about as follows:
One medical man, chemist and general d.
rector. one superintendent. storekeeper and
treasurer. schoolmaster. bookkeeper and
secretary with knowledge Of printing!, one
engineer surveyor ard prospector. two nursery
men with knowledge of agricultural chems-
try), vegetable and fruit gardener with a
knowledge Of botany. river lake. import
and export agent with a knowledge OF boat
building) one carpentsr. builder and furniture
maker and one bootmaker and tailor
These ten will be settled upon one thousand
acres OF land so that when 1t is divided at the
close of the fifth or seventh year-the stipulated
period to be determined upon by majority or
the pioneers-each settler will receive one hun |
dred acres.
Each eligible person besides his passage ana |
outfit will be provided with food and shelter
out of the funds subscribed during the hrst
three years But after the third year and as
soon as the first crop shall have been sold, the
stage OF self-support being reached, sup
Elementary monetary allowance will likewise be
granted each year according TO the strength or
the revenues This will continue until the d.
vision of the land the net proceeds prior to
this division being utilized for the extension or
the work. in all its aspects.
In addition to the ten settlers. at least one |
hundred natives will be regularly employed on
each occupied section. These natives Will be
carefully instructed in the various Industries |
pursued, and. whea fully qualified. will be en-
couraged and assisted to settle down precisely |
tn the same manner as the colonists. Each set
tier will be required to take part in eyangelistic
work, which will. in the mean time be con-
All persons of African descent between the
ages Of twenty and forty years who intend TO
avail themselves Of the privileges Of this enter
prise are requested to give notice in writing, not
Later than December 81, 1895 The applicant
must state in what capacity he offers himself.
and the application must be accompanied by |
credentials from at least two persons or known
reputation, testifying to his proficiency In that
capacity as well as TO his habits or industry
and general good character. If the application ,
Is entertained the applicant must sign an agree
ment to serve the enterprise faithfully for the
stipulated period Women and children VIII not
he taken out the first year.
The Rev. Dr. Levi J. Coppin. chairman OF the
PHILADELPHIA district committee. and Bishop
Walters. yice-chairman Of New-York. will take
charge OF the work during DR.. Thorne's absence.
All communications should be addressed 10
tho secretary Of the African Colonial Enterprise.
No LOS Lombard-st Philadelphia. Subscrip-
tons are to be made payable to the treasurer
,nlv DR. Wendell Reber. OF No. LOS Spruce
CT philadelphia. The Rev Ross Taylor, OF NO
15O Tjfth-ave. New-York will also receive any
subscriptions that may be sent through him.