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August 10, 1824
Alexandria Gazette & Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia
What is this article about?
Proposals from Hayti's corresponding Secretary Barker invite colored people to emigrate, offering farmers land and support, reasonable farm rents, wages for mechanics, and religious tolerance to aid their settlement and prosperity.
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EMIGRATION TO HAYTI.
We have given our readers, from time to time, the information which we could collect on this important subject. We have now the pleasure of communicating the proposals of Barker, the corresponding Secretary of the Island, to the colored people inclined to emigrate there.
1. Farmers who go there for the purpose of cultivating neglected lands, will have houses prepared for them, and if they establish a character for sobriety and industry, enough land will be given them for their support—not less than 15 acres to the man. Their passages will be paid, and subsistence given them for four months.
2. Persons wishing to rent farms, will find the rents to be reasonable, and under regulations of government.
3. Mechanics, and such as can be employed in building vessels, will either be paid liberal wages per day, or the vessels built from them by government.
4. Every religious persuasion is tolerated and protected.
Thus we see the liberal policy which the constituted authorities have adopted with regard to their brethren in this country. They have shown themselves true friends, and we hope their wishes may succeed.
We have given our readers, from time to time, the information which we could collect on this important subject. We have now the pleasure of communicating the proposals of Barker, the corresponding Secretary of the Island, to the colored people inclined to emigrate there.
1. Farmers who go there for the purpose of cultivating neglected lands, will have houses prepared for them, and if they establish a character for sobriety and industry, enough land will be given them for their support—not less than 15 acres to the man. Their passages will be paid, and subsistence given them for four months.
2. Persons wishing to rent farms, will find the rents to be reasonable, and under regulations of government.
3. Mechanics, and such as can be employed in building vessels, will either be paid liberal wages per day, or the vessels built from them by government.
4. Every religious persuasion is tolerated and protected.
Thus we see the liberal policy which the constituted authorities have adopted with regard to their brethren in this country. They have shown themselves true friends, and we hope their wishes may succeed.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Journey
What themes does it cover?
Exploration
Fortune Reversal
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Emigration To Hayti
Colored People
Farming Incentives
Mechanics Employment
Religious Tolerance
What entities or persons were involved?
Barker
Where did it happen?
Hayti
Story Details
Key Persons
Barker
Location
Hayti
Story Details
Barker, corresponding Secretary of Hayti, proposes incentives for colored emigrants: farmers receive houses, land (at least 15 acres), paid passage, and four months' subsistence; renters get reasonable terms; mechanics earn wages or sell vessels to government; all religions tolerated.