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592 DOUGLASS' MONTHLY. JANUARY, 1862 Haytian Advertisments. INVITATION. Hayti will soon regain her ancient splendor. This marvelous soil that our fathers, blessed by God, conquered for us, will soon yield to us the wealth now hidden in its bosom. Let our black and yellow brethren, scattered through the Antilles, and North and South America, hasten to co-operate with us in restoring the glory of the Republic. Hayti is the common country of the black race. Our ancestors, in taking possession of it, were careful to announce in the Constitution that they published, that all the descendants of Africans, and of the inhabitants of the West Indies, belong by right to the Haytian family. The idea was grand and generous. Listen, then, all ye negroes and mulattoes who, in the vast Continent of America, suffer from the prejudices of caste. The Republic calls you; she invites you to bring to her your arms and your minds. The regenerating work that she undertakes interests all colored people and their descendants, no matter what their origin or where their place of birth. Hayti, regaining her former position, retaking her ancient sceptre as Queen of the Antilles, will be a formal denial, most eloquent and peremptory, against those detractors of our race who contest our desire and ability to attain a high degree of civilization. GEFFRARD. CIRCULAR---No. I. To the Blacks, Men of Color, and Indians in the United States and British North American Provinces: FRIENDS:– I am authorized and instructed by the Government of the Republic, to offer you, individually and by communities, a welcome, a home, and a free homestead, in Hayti. Such of you as are unable to pay your passage will be provided with the means of defraying it. Two classes of emigrants are especially invited – laborers and farmers. None of either class, or any class, will be furnished with passports, who cannot produced, before sailing, the proofs of good character for industry and integrity. To each family of emigrants, five carreaux (a carreau is 3 acresa and 3 1-3 rods) of fresh and fertile land, capable of growing all the fruits and staples of the tropics, will be gratuitously given, on the sole condition that they shall settle on it and cultivate it, and declare their intention of becoming citizens of Hayti. To unmarried men, on similar conditions, two carreaux will be granted. Board and lodging, free of cost, will be furnished to the emigrants for at least eight days after their arrival in the island. The government also will find remunerative work for those of you whose means will not permit you to begin immediately an independent cultivation. Emigrants are invited to settle in communities. Sites for the erection of schools and chapels will be donated by the State, without regard to the religious belief of the emigrants. The same protection and civil rights that the laws give to Haytians are solemnly guaranteed to the emigrants. The fullest religious liberty will be secured to them; they will never be called on to support the Roman Catholic Church. No military service will be demanded of them, excepting that they shall form military companies and drill themselves once a month. All the necessary personal effects, machinery and agricultural instruments introduced by the emigrants, shall be entered free of duty. The emigrants shall be at liberty to leave the country at any moment they please; but those whose passage shall be paid by government, if they wish to return before the expiration of three years, will be required to refund the money expended on their account. A contract, fixing the amount, will be made with each emigrant before leaving the continent. I have been commissioned to superintend the interests of the emigrants and charged with the entire control of the movement in America, and all persons, therefore, desiring to avail themselves of the invitation and bounty of the Haytian Government, are requested to correspond with me. I shall at once, as directed by the Government, establish a Bureau of Emigration in Boston, and publish a Guide Book for the use of those persons of African or Indian descent who may wish to make themselves acquainted with the resources of the country and the disposition of its authorities. I shall also appoint Agents to visit such communities as may seriously entertain the project of emigration. Immediate arrangements, both here and in Hayti, can be made for the embarkment and settlement of one hundred thousand persons. By order of the Government of the Republic of Hayti. JAMES REDPATH. General Agent of Emigration. BOSTON, Nov. 3, 1860. CIRCULAR---No. III. GENERAL HAYTIAN BUREAU OF EMIGRATION,} BOSTON, January 1, 1862.} WINTER AND SPRING ARRANGEMENTS. Arrangements have been made by which emigrants can sail, monthly or oftener, from different American ports during the winter and spring. Due notice will be given of the days of sailing through the columns of "The Pine and Palm." Persons desiring to emigrate are requested to read carefully the circulars of this Bureau, as published in full in "The Pine and Palm," and to follow the directions therein given, as it is impossible to provide for the comfort of passengers except by insisting on a strict compliance with our regulations. I. Let it be understood, that all who can pay for their passage are expected to do so; and that a passage will be advanced to such farmers and laborers only as are unable to meet this expense. II. All mechanics who intend to practice their trades in Hayti, must go at their own expense; the Government guarantees to find work for farmers and laborers only. It will welcome all colored emigrants; but it cannot agree to provide work for all classes of mechanics. Its demands for agricultural labor if unlimited; but for mechanical skill this is not the case. III. Passengers will be charged at the rate of $18 each adult from United States ports; from Canada West, or Detroit, Buffalo, or intermediate places, $25. Children under eight will be charged half price; infants under one year, free. IV. Passengers, in all cases, must provide their own bedding at their own expense. Mattresses must be four feet wide. Each passenger must be provided with a tin gallon can for water, a tin cup, a tin plate, knife and fork, a few pounds of soap, and towels, with such extra utensils as may be deemed necessary to hold the daily rations. Every adult emigrant must also be provided with a hoe, an axe, and a spade. V. The amount of baggage allowed to every passenger is two trunks, or two barrels, or one trunk and one barrel. All freight over that amount will be charged for, separately from the passage ticket, at the rate of 75 cents per barrel or 15 cents per cubic foot from American ports; and the amount of inland freight, if passengers come from the interior, will also be added to it. This is exclusive of the bedding, which goes free. All goods must be boxed up. VI. The board provided for emigrants will be the navy rations of the United States, minus intoxicating spirits, which will not be allowed in our vessels. Emigrants are at liberty to carry, free of expense, additional provisions to be used on the voyage. Slight additions may be made to the navy rations; but the Bureau does not pledge itself to do so. VII. As efforts have been industriously made by unscrupulous men to misrepresent the conditions under which emigrants who do not prepay their passages, must accept the offers of the Government of Hayti, it is deemed advisable to publish below, in full, the contract to be made with them. The words in italic and within brackets (blank in the original) are filled up to how precisely the terms on which a single man can emigrate. It should be distinctly understood, that no barrier whatever will be put to any man's return, excepting that he shall pay the sum of eighteen dollars, with freightage, if any, as above indicated, added before embarking for the United States, if he did not pay for his own passage from this country to Hayti. The Government of Hayti, while they will welcome all visitors, cannot reasonably be expected to pay their passages. Hence this provision. The following is the contract with the emigrants who do not prepay their passages: ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this [first] day of [January] A. D., 1862, by and between JAMES REDPATH, of Boston, General Agent of Emigration, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Hayti, and [John Smith,] late of [Detroit, Michigan,] and an emigrant to Hayti; WITNESSETH: That said James Redpath, on behalf of the Government of Hayti aforesaid, agrees to provide a passage for said [John Smith] from the port of [Boston] to the port of [St. Mark] in said Hayti, in the [Brig L'Ami d' Haiti' leaving the port of [Boston] on or about the [third] day of [January] 1861, upon the conditions hereafter following, viz: First, said [John Smith] hereby acknowledges the receipt of [a] ticket of passage from said port of [Boston] to said port of [St. Mark,] in Hayti, and agrees during the term of said voyage to provide [his] own bedding, and the necessary utensils for eating and drinking. Secondly, in consideration of receiving the passage aforesaid, said [John Smith] further agrees, that if he accepts a grant of land from the Government of Hayti, under the provisions of the law on Emigration, approved by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Hayti, September 1, 1860, he will repay to the Treasury of the Republic of Hayti the sum of [eighteen] dollars, American currency, within [three years] from the date of the contract. Furthermore, that if from any cause said [John Smith} sees proper to leave Hayti before the expiration of the term of three years form the date of [his] arrival in the Island, [he] shall pay the Treasury of the Republic of Hayti the sum of [eighteen] dollars, American currency, as repayment of expenses incurred by the agents of the Government for [his] passage to Hayti; but, nevertheless, with this express provision: That if [he] does remain three years in the Island from the date of [his] arrival therein, and does not see fit to accept a grant of land from the Government of the Republic of Hayti, [he] shall not be required to repay to the Treasury of the Republic of Hayti, or any agent of Government thereof, any sum whatever on account of said passage. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said parties have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year above written. JAMES REDPATH. [John Smith.] VIII. While all emigrants, who are able to do so, should pay their own expenses to the port of shipment, arrangements have been made by which an inland passage can be advanced to them from as far west as Detroit, but no further. IX. To aid emigrants who wish to carry extra baggage, the Bureau will allow them, (by giving a note payable to the Government of Hayti,) to take such freight to the amount of $10 at 15 cents per cubic foot. X. The Bureau wishes it to be distinctly understood, however, that unless at least twenty days notice is given of intention to sail, with the amount of baggage to be taken, it will not hold itself responsible to secure a passage for any one. XI. All persons desiring information relative to Hayti, or the Movement, are cordially invited to correspond with the General Agent, ADDRESSING HIM AT NEW YORK. XII. Usual length of voyage, from fourteen to twenty days. XIII. Specimen copies of "The Pine and Palm," the official organ of the Movement will be sent, free, to any colored American, 'any where, by addressing the Publisher at BOSTON- It will constantly contain the fullest news and most reliable facts respecting Hayti. XIV. Vessels for Hayti will said every month from New York, Boston or Philadelphia. XV. The New York Bureau is situated at 48 Beekman-st.; the Philadelphia Bureau, Room 3, Anthracite Building, corner of Second and Walnut-sts.; the Boston Bureau, Room 7, 221 Washington-st. XVI. Correspondents should enclose a three cent postage stamp, to prepay a letter in reply to their questions. XVII. There are now no more copies of The Guide to Hayti, for gratuitous distribution; but "Haytian Papers–No. 1," which contain a brief synopsis of the Guide, will be sent to any address on receipt of a 3-cent postage stamp. The Guide can be had of G. Woolworth Colton, 18 Beekman Street, New York, at 50 cents for the Emigrants' Edition, and $1 for the Geffrard Edition, postage paid. JAMES REDPATH, General Agent.
