The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United StatesDelany, Martin Robison
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The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States
Delany, Martin Robison
African Americans
The second station is at the new settlement of Kentucky, on the
right or north bank of the St. Paul's, about fifteen miles from
Monrovia, and six miles below Millsburgh. The missionary is a
Liberian, Mr. H.W. Erskine. On a lot of ten acres, given by the
government, buildings on an economical scale have been erected, in
which is a school of twenty scholars. A church was organized in
November, 1849, with eight members from the church in Monrovia.
They have since increased to fourteen. Here, too, is a flourishing
Sabbath school. The citizens, and especially the poor natives in
the neighbourhood, are extremely anxious that a boarding school
should be established. To this the Committee having charge of this
mission objects, as the expense for buildings and for the support
of pupils would be great, and would absorb funds that can be more
profitably expended on day schools.
The third station is on the Sinou river, 150 miles down the coast
from Monrovia, where, at the mouth of the river, is the town of
Greenville, and a few miles higher up, the newer settlements of
Readville and Rossville. It is under the care of the Rev. James M.
Priest. The number of communicants, at the latest date, was thirty,
and the field of labor was rapidly enlarging by immigration. The
station is new, and it does not appear that any mission school had
yet been organized.
The fourth station is at Settra Kroo, where there are five or six
miles of coast, to which the native title has not yet been
extinguished. This station has been maintained for some years, at a
lamentable expense of the lives and health of white missionaries.
About 200 boys and a few girls have been taught to read. The
station is now under the care of Mr. Washington McDonogh, formerly
a slave of the late John McDonogh, of Louisiana, so well known for
the immense estate which he has bequeathed to benevolent purposes.
He was well educated, and with more than eighty others, sent out
some years since at his master's expense. He has a school of
fifteen scholars, with the prospect of a large increase.
The mission of the Protestant Episcopal Church is located in the
Maryland Colony at Cape Palmas. Its last Report specifies seven
schools, and alludes to several others, in actual operation; all
containing from 200 to 300 scholars, of whom about 100 are in one
Sabbath school. Five other schools had been projected, and have
probably gone into operation since that time. The greater part of
the pupils are from native families. The Report states the number
of communicants at sixty-seven, of whom forty are natives. A High
school was opened January 1, 1850.
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