The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-08-19

and Canada With the granting OF the
charter, the name of the association |
was changed 10 that of Sierra Leone |
Company" The first Negro American
settlers to land there was company
of free Negroes who had been loyal
to the British and fought side by side
with English Soldiers In the American
war of independence. The decision was
\ reached that It would be better TO
locate them in climate more agreeable
to the African than that OF Nova
banded They were soon followed
by consignment of 400 masterless
Negroes picked up in different. parts
Of England. This party was known
as the Granvills--being so designated
from the fact that K was to the
labors Of Granville Sharp. that the
i judicial decision was obtained that
slavery might not exist In England.
To these We're soon ADDED a COMP
pany Of "Maroons." Maroon" Is the
same as the Spanish word "cimar-
ron" an outlaw frequenting the sum
mits. A large force OF Jamaica ne
groes with considerable dash OF In
| dian blood VINO had taken to the
bush began to give trouble and were
| finally captured and added TO TINS
! rapidly growing colony. Sierra Leone
was about this time adopted as
dumping ground for freed slaves cap
tured on board trading ships which
resulted in a constant stream OF un-
| fortunates pouring into this new mec-
J ca. There were added to these OK
slaves from Europe, America and the
| West Indies reinforced by African ne
terogeneous sweepings from West.
Central and South East Africa known
i in those times as the. tWilberforce
Niggers." because II was through the
exertion and untirinB energies OF VIM
| Wilberforce that they were freed IL
must be remembered that already
there were the Timnie Bullem Mendi
and Susa tribes abiding there making
up the original population. TO this
mass was added a large consignment
of Krue boys who decided they want
ed to make their home there-but the
climax was reached when the phil
anthropic society gathered up a large
company Of white prostitutes in Eng
land and sent them to Sierra Leone to
become the wives OF the natives-it
, e said that It was done as an eXper-
iment. But in the course o. time
, nearly all % THESE women died WIN
without leaving progeny tnat
} is clearly visible in the population
, of Sierra Leone until this day.
! should like to see the anthropoIogLse
/ and the ethonOlogist who can anaiyze
r this conglomerate mixture OF Dlooo
and tell us to what branch of the
! human family the Inhabitants OF sierra
} Leone belong; he will be some scholar
r In 1898 an uprising took place during
: which time many WHITES were mas me-.
III
, sionaries and a large number OF Eu,
roneans-it was the result of wen
|. laid pIot by native tribes who could
: never become agreeable to the pres
/ ence of the white man on the,r son.
= The slaughter was merciless: But we
: see at this distance, that little war
q resulted in great good-it prouucSo
4 excellent results. II put spirit "a wy
: men in charge of the civilized Iore ~
= and they pressed their way into tne
! mnrles where resided a desperate
! group of fetish and cannipalisuc ma
q tive tribes who were at TINS time SUI
! dued and civilization began 70 pene-
4 trata those dismal jungles. A settle
q man, soon resulted and 10000 square
. miles were added to the colony OF
> Sierra Leone There is now a rail
3 road crossing the whole southeastern
i boundry extending all the way 10 tne
q ,iberian border. There lis also rail-
:. road extending from Freetown to tnt
e summit of the mountains which enapls
. the Europeans to leave their business
8 at the close OF the day and speno
g the night IN cool ana ne ti,,,a a. ~.
! grave of the white man but II is no,
h so regarded now. The colony ina
4 is the English settlers, had man.
: years OF serious conflict with NATIVE
= tribes. In 1902 the powerful Ashanti
~ tribe--a race of warrors thrust 1t
: self new ON the attention OF TN
c civilized world by fighting It's wa!
q to the coast and destroying the Brit
Ie ish forts. 1t layed .seige TO cape Soas
= Castle In 1917 under charge OF Thorn
II as Edward Bowdich. commission
" was sent to the Ashanti to brinl
q about friendly relations with the KIM
of Kumasi. The mission succeeded pu
the treaty thus formed was neve
lived up to. Further wars soon brok
out and at one time the abandonment
of the whole project was seriousi
considered in England. Our racla
feelings--the natural feelings 81 an
depressed race, rendered II abit har'
TO follow with cam composure tn
tangled skein of experiences ofte
braking out abruptly here and Their
into the most violent conditions, exni
biting in many cases the most Wonto
cruelty, and maintain our beauty o
soul, and yet herein lies the rea
test. At times an impulse seizes on
to denounce the whole COLONIZATION
SCHEME as well as all nissionar
activity Of the white man as beinl
purely mercenary-actuated only b
selfish desires. but when one see
with his. own eyes the depth Of degra
dation which ages OF isolation an
neglect has plunged the African, hi
mind softens toward every influence
that tends to help him. Despite tn
sacrifices we have mace tripping VIII
our lifes blood; despite the suffering
dergonEing; despils the fact that "
have been robbed Of our land an
are still being robbed of 1t; desDit
the systematic efforts made BY tn
white man to crush out our highe
Inspirations both in America and Al
rica--we must believe that there
some where in the shadow Of II a
the guiding hand OF an Impartial Go
and some where uown the years thu
hand Will be made bare. 1t seems t
be His plan that nations and lndivid
uals mIf. pay the price Tor wha
they get in this life.
The open dooa policy employed b
the Liberians towards the BLACK ma
rom other parts of the world ca
only eventuate in good to her peopl
Who knows nut that II is the orderin
of Providence that the selfish gree
IF the European nations have con
spired to close the door on the fol-
eign Negrog They fear the ligh
black man would bring to his peopl
over which they exercise lordshil
But there is work enough in Liberi
to employ all the energies and re
sources that the race can contribut
for years to come. There Is no DANCE
of over crowding SHOULD in the III
tuie IL Is found that more territor
is needed the Liberian population vii
then be sufficiently strong to over
flow into adjacent territory out 9
which the English and FL ench hay
robbed the liberians during thei
numerous boundary disr lt9s. Whe
thai day comes the i.iberians will hav
on heir side TIE fill weignt Of pub
lie sentiment No one can read tn
history OF the way Liberia was slice
down from more than 100000 squar
miles to less than fifty thousand b
these big nations. With the RICH
kind of emigration from this an
other countries of well poised rac'
people with the pioneer spirit the da
will soon dawn when such idea
will begin to take shape. Atrca want
people who will decide to be African
who win cease to long Tor the files
pots OF America--but will be thrift
their new home. They reed men an
lssousn thst VIII be willing 70 Gu