To these sentiments the n.o.blemen and gentlemen all cordially and heartily agreed, establishing their society, as we understand it, expressly to aid the _voluntary_ emigration of colored people from America in general, and our movement as originated by colored people in particular. Indeed I here now say, as I did then and there, that I would give nothing for it, were it not a self-reliant project originating with ourselves. The following completes the doings of the gentlemen in London. I should have remarked, that at many of these meetings, especially that at White Hall on the 27th day of June, and that of the 19th July, and the preliminary ones above referred to, the respected president of our Council, Wm. Howard Day, Esq., M.A., was present. For some of the important preliminary meetings, he and Rev. D"Arcy Irvine kindly made arrangements.
AFRICAN AID SOCIETY
7,[8] ADAMS STREET, STRAND, W. C., LONDON
PRESIDENT
VICE-PRESIDENTS
*The Right Hon. Lord Calthorpe.
The Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Sierra Leone.
COUNCIL
*The Lord Alfred Churchill, M.P., F.R.G.S., Chairman of the Executive Committee
Ashley, Hon. Wm., St. James"s Palace.
Bagnall, Thomas, Esq., J.P., Great Barr, near Birmingham
Brown, Rev. J. Baldwin, B.A., 150, Albany Street.
Dunlop, Hy., Esq., Craigton, Glasgow.
*Eardley, Sir C. E., Bart., F.R.G.S., Bedwell Park.
Ferguson, Joseph, Esq., late P.M. for Carlisle.
*Seymour, H. Danby, Esq., M.P., F.R.G.S.
Bullock, Edward, Esq., Handsworth, near Birmingham
*Cardall, Rev. Wm., M.A., Sec., of the Evangelical Alliance.
Clegg, Thomas, Esq., Manchester.
*Davis, Rev. James, Sec. of the Evangelical Alliance.
Shaw, Dr. Norton, Sec. of the Royal Geographical Society.
Snopp, Rev. C. B., Perry Bar, near Birmingham.
Fowler, R. N., Esq., F.R.G.S., 50, Cornhill.
La Trobe, C. J., Esq., F.R.G.S., late Governor of Victoria.
La Trobe, Rev. P., Sec. of the Moravian Missions.
Lecke, Rear Admiral Sir H. J., K.C.B., M.P.
*M"Arthur, Wm., Esq., Brixton-rise
Macleod, J. Lyons, Esq., F.R.G.S. late H.B.M."s Consul at Mozambique Society.
*Minton, Rev. Samuel, M.A., Minister of Percy Chapel
Richardson, Jonathan, Esq., M.P.
Sykes. Col. W.H. r.i"., Vice President of the Royal Geographical Society.
*Thomas, Rev. Mesac, M.A., Sec. of the Colonial Church and School Society.
Thompson, Geo., Esq., Drixton.
Tidman, Rev. Dr., Sec. Of the London Missionary Society.
Trestrail, Rev. Fred., Sec. of the Baptist Missionary Society.
Wingfield, R. W., Esq., J.P., Birmingham.
William Cardall and J. Lyons Macleod, _Hon. Secretaries_
Those marked thus (*) const.i.tute the Executive Committee.
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND RULES
I. That the name of the Society be the "African Aid Society."
II. That its chief objects shall be to develop the material resources of Africa, Madagascar, and the adjacent Islands; and to promote the Christian civilization of the African races; as by these means the Society believes that the annihilation of the Slave Trade will ultimately be accomplished.
III. That for the attainment of these objects it will strive to employ the following and other suitable means:--
1. Encourage the production of cotton, silk, indigo, sugar, palm oil, &c., by the introduction of skilled labor, African or European, into those parts of the earth which are inhabited by the African race.
2. a.s.sist, by loans or otherwise, Africans willing to emigrate from Canada and other parts to our West Indian Colonies, Liberia, Natal, and Africa generally, or to any countries that may offer a suitable field of labor.
3. Form Industrial Missions in harmony, where practicable, with the agency already established for the extension of Christianity in Africa.
4. Supply (as occasion may require) suitable Mechanical and Agricultural Implements for the use of the same.
5. Procure samples of every kind of native produce, for the purpose of submitting the same to the mercantile and manufacturing communities of this country, with a view to the promotion of legitimate commerce.