ber of people were proposing to migrate from
North Carolina to the West, several railroad companies, notably
the Baltimore and Ohio, offered to certain active and influential
colored men $1 per head for all the passengers they could procure
for the respective competing lines.

By reference to this evidence, part 3, page 136, it will be seen
that the emigration movement in Alabama originated as far back as
the year 1871, when an organization of colored people, called the
State Labor Union, delegated Hon. George F. Marlow to visit
Kansas, and other parts of the West, for the purpose of examining
that country and reporting back to a future convention his views
as to the expediency of removing thereto. A convention of colored
people was held again in 1872, at which Mr. Marlow made the
following glowing report of the condition of things in Kansas and
the inducements that State offered to the colored people. He
said:

In August, 1871, being delegated by your president for the
purpose, I visited the State of Kansas, and here give the results
of my observations, briefly stated.

It is a new State, and as such possesses many advantages over the
old.

It is much more productive than most other States.

What is raised yields more profit than elsewhere, as it is raised
at less expense.

The weather and roads enable you to do more work here than
elsewhere.

The climate is mild and pleasant.

Winters short and require little food for stock.

Fine grazing country; stock can be grazed all winter.

The population is enterprising, towns and villages spring up
rapidly and great profits arise from all investments.

Climate dry, and land free from swamps.

The money paid to doctors in less healthy regions can here be
used to build up a house.

People quiet and orderly, schools and churches to be found in
every neighborhood, and ample provision for free schools is made
by the State.

Money, plenty, and what you raise commands a good price.

Fruits of all kinds easily grown and sold at large profits.

Railroads are being built in every direction.

The country is well watered.

Salt and coal are plentiful.

It is within the reach of every man, no matter how poor, to have
a home in Kansas. The best lands are