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Domestic News
August 5, 1866
The Daily Phoenix
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
J. Wood Davidson reports on the negro emigration scheme in Columbia, noting around a thousand registrations for destinations like Liberia and Florida. Gen. Ely is rumored to be recruiting laborers for Florida lands, seen as a better climate.
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Negro Emigration from this City.
J. Wood Davidson, the Columbia contributing editor of the Yorkville Enquirer, writes to that paper as follows:
"We have not made any personal inquiries upon the success of the negro emigration scheme in Columbia, but we hear that the movement is likely to result in the emigration of considerable numbers of them. We have heard it stated that, up to the present time, a thousand names have been registered to go. Liberia is the destination of some, we hear, and some are going to Florida. It is rumored that Gen. Ely (some time ago of the Freedmen's Bureau in this city) is engaging hands to till lands for him in Florida. That is a better latitude for them than this. We would encourage their going."
J. Wood Davidson, the Columbia contributing editor of the Yorkville Enquirer, writes to that paper as follows:
"We have not made any personal inquiries upon the success of the negro emigration scheme in Columbia, but we hear that the movement is likely to result in the emigration of considerable numbers of them. We have heard it stated that, up to the present time, a thousand names have been registered to go. Liberia is the destination of some, we hear, and some are going to Florida. It is rumored that Gen. Ely (some time ago of the Freedmen's Bureau in this city) is engaging hands to till lands for him in Florida. That is a better latitude for them than this. We would encourage their going."
What sub-type of article is it?
Migration Or Settlement
Slave Related
What keywords are associated?
Negro Emigration
Columbia
Liberia
Florida
Freedmens Bureau
What entities or persons were involved?
J. Wood Davidson
Gen. Ely
Where did it happen?
Columbia
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Columbia
Key Persons
J. Wood Davidson
Gen. Ely
Outcome
a thousand names registered to emigrate; destinations liberia and florida; encouragement for the movement.
Event Details
Report on the success of the negro emigration scheme in Columbia, with considerable numbers expected to leave; some to Liberia, others to Florida where Gen. Ely is engaging hands for land tilling.