Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1899 — NEGRO COLONIES [ARTICLE]

NEGRO COLONIES

Are to Be Established in the North for southerners. A movement is on foot to establish an industrial colony on Long Island, made up of negroes from the South. What financial interests are back of it is a secret Rufus L. Perry, a young colored lawyer of Brooklyn, represents the active management. The idea is to buy a tract of land in Suffolk County and establish a town. No white person will be permitted to acquire property for dwelling purposes within its limits.