The subjoined paper has been issued by the African Aid Society, London,
England, which I give for the benefit of those desirous of going out
under its auspices, as it will be seen that the Society is determined on
guarding well against aiding such persons as are objectionable to us,
and likely to be detrimental to our scheme:
AFRICAN AID SOCIETY
PAPER FOR INTENDING SETTLERS IN AFRICA
1. Are you desirous to leave ---- and go to the Land of your
Forefathers. 2. Name. 3. Age. 4. Married or Single. 5. What
Children (state ages:) Boys ----, aged years; ---- Girls ----, aged
years. 6. How many of these will you take with you? 7. Of what
church are you a member? 8. How long have you been so? 9. Can you
read and write? 10. Will you strive to spread the truths of the
Gospel among the natives? 11. What work are you now doing? 12. What
other work can you do well? 13. Have you worked on a plantation?
14. What did you do there? 15. Will you, in the event of the
African Aid Society sending you and your family to Africa, repay to
it the sum of ---- Dollars, as part of the cost of your passage and
settlement there, ---- as soon as possible, that the same money may
assist others to go there also?
N.B.--It is expected that persons desiring to settle in Africa,
under the auspices of this society, should obtain Certificates from
their Minister, and if possible from their Employer, or other
competent person, as to their respectability, habits, and
character. These certificates should be attached to this paper.
I have every confidence in the sincerity of the Christian gentlemen who
compose the African Aid Society, and for the information of those who
are unacquainted with the names of those noblemen and gentlemen, would
state that the Lord Alfred Churchill is the learned Oriental traveler
and Christian philanthropist, brother to His Grace the Duke of
Marlborough and son-in-law of Right Hon. Lord Calthorpe; Right Hon. Lord
Calthorpe is the great Christian nobleman who does so much for Churches
in Great Britain, and member of Her Majesty's Privy Council; Sir Culling
Eardley Eardley is the great promoter of the Evangelical Alliance;
George Thompson, Esq., is the distinguished traveler and faithful friend
of the slave, known in America as a Garrisonian Abolitionist; and J.
Lyons Macleod, Esq., the indefatigable British Consul who so
praiseworthily exerted himself, and brought the whole of his official
power to bear against the slave-trade on the Mozambique Channel. There
are other gentlemen of great distinction, whose positions are not
explained in the council list, and a want of knowledge prevents my
explaining.
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