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FUGITIVE SLAVES

IN

CANADA.

ELGIN SETTLEMENT.
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V raiuc iulii liis [insscssi'in, paiil tlicir |iassa^;i', uiiil accimipaiiicl thclii to
lir

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of

l."iO0 niil's.

On
im

arrival

loiiinl

tlic

fiiLjitivi's in

laat ilrnrailnl

idriilitiiiii

ill

which

slavci'V

hud

I'll

thi'in, ni'isi

of

llicui

withoiil a hnnir and wilhoul a

l.p

IViciiil,

and

for whose,

oid no

man c nvd.
frieiuls

An
there
l.y
ill,

apiiiMJ

was made

the

'hri-I

Minnninily on their
llie |iationa'.;e m|

hi'lialf,

wliich was responded to hy the

iheii
(

of the slave,

An

Asso.iiitioit

was formed, lunler

under the

l.oiui

MliaN.

lov erieu

ieneral, whieli

was incorporated

Act of

I'arliaiiieiit

in ISoi),

lillc

ef the

lll.yin

Assoeiaiion.

.Mf. Kinir
iid
I

was chosen

iiiiaiiiinously to siiperintciid

Setfleuienl.
tile

Miulit cell ihousaicl dollars

were ^nhsrrihed. and nine Ihous;

Kent,

acres of land

scurcd from
acres each,

(roverniiieiit.

ill

'i'owiiship of lv'alei.;h, aiid Coiinty of

Those lands were divide

iiitii

farms of

lifty

and

j,'iveii

to

eolimui'i sciiicr.s at a iiomiuai price.

One
ill

of the ohjeels contemplated hy this etioit w.is to

(

show hy

|irai li(al

e\|

eriment that the coloured man, wlioii placed

favoiirahh'

iiciinistanccs, could

support hinisell hy his

own

industry, and to refute the clmrgi'. hroutjlit a;,Minst

him hy

tin)

pro-slavery jiarty in the United States, that he would not su])port hims.ll
settled, sui(p(ulim,'

when

set free.

On

these lands upwards of

two hundred families are now

l-ord

Althorp.
l.'ev.

now

Karl

Si'K.vciai. <if

Kn.Ltlaml,
iiy,

and the

William

.M'i.ure of
'I'ln'

Londondc

own industiy. who visited tlie Settlement in So?, and I'roh'sscu- lihson who spent two days, in JSoS, in \isitin^' the Seitli'iiient, speak
themselves hy their
I

of Belfast,
t'avouraldy

of tlnir improveiiienl.

h'ev.

Dr. ISuins

and

i>r.

Willis of 'roronto are

\ ice-

'residents of the Klejn Association,

settlers.

and

freipiently visit tiio Settlement.

They
liildren
;,'reatly

al.so testify

to the success of the

iduli

experiment, and the industry of the

with the means of erace
,

On
heeii

these lands a church

estahlisheil, lo
j;ivi>

li.is
tl

heen ereited, to siipplv the

ii

poj>ulali(Ui

and schools have

of one humlied
hnildin,i,'s.

;,'ood

tHlucatioii.

The.se schools aie

now attended hy upwanls

erect in.u

pupils.

The

iiuniher

would he

increased hy

enlar;,nii,i,' the'

aeeommodalion, and

permanent

[DVKK.

Ihe l.uiMmns
natuir.
Ilu-

mv

all (.fa

teinpornry kind, .imi

tl,.-

^vilI

rrr|uiro to

1,,.

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a Mior." sMl>stan1inI
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sr|,ols

ill

.viuiiv

sni....rt

odiirutmnal part nf

il,..

.uUTpris,. that

w
A

of IVionds for

s.,.n.;

to

...nnir,

on K-.hHlf nf

tl,r .pinliial

m.l
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aj^-al I" ,v,m

u- ask i,llnn.
pla. . Ila. s,|,nols

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twup,,,,,!

support
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ask

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a |..nan...,t a,l

l,aMs

^ivuW
till'

U^y fairsarirs

and
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to
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pr,parin}r y,,un,' lu.-n of pi.ty and talents lor |,;i,v li^rluln.

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rithrr lu Canad-i
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T'nit>'d States, or Afii.a.

tlHi

Ahvadv

schools

|,av,.

|,on,o IVnil.

f. t.a, i.rs. t.ann.d

.f

at

ti,..

s,l,oo!s,

have heen
,!.

s..,,!

the provMUe, where thov are

out to diti^niit parts of

is

now

>efully e .olow

Ki.hanI M, -lohn.u,. on,, of

fu^ituas,

now stndvin.

,n

the

University ol

J-.dinlaiiLrli

as iiTUedical ini.-su narv.

will

frvv

Ihousnid pounds

he rr.piired f

hj,.,-!.

rouhinphd.d.
ill,

Tho pnnripal

eitics in

Indand and N, aland have

,

l"envls,l,_.d.^vhereJM.rsollsofalldenon^,lati.l,s|,av,.s^lupall^-,.,l u
lli.s etlort

the niov.anmt. and have aided with iheir do,. lions

to

improve

tl,e soeial

and moral

e,

ndifon of

a Ion, n,.,^h.,,,.d

and deepiv inniivd

ra,e.

We. now

visit

yn I.ImII
to read
It.

vour eitv
I

ot tie-

.aim. ohie.t.

and a>k you

(o aid n. in ^ivin^ th. |iiLlet<,tlm Ingit.v,

and endowing Imn with the capm "

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il'v
.

Vonrdouaiionsmayl,esentloAxnKKwXih,.>oN,Ks,,.,Cashierof
^

tie.

Hank of

S.-otlaiel.

Ha.-ow

or to Messrs. !!m,

w.

Ili:v\.N- .V

Co., Bunkers, Lonfloii, to tiie eredii of the liiixtoii lnstitut(..

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Canad...

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