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African Repository and Colonial Journal, Vol. XVIII, No. 7 (May, 1842).
AMISTAD AFRICANS.
By an arrival yesterday from Sierra Leone, letters have been received to Feb. 19th
from Messrs. Steel, Raymond and Wilson, the Missionaries who accompanied the Mendians
to their native land. They had been one month at Sierra Leone, and in excellent health,
with the exception of Mrs. Raymond and her infant daughter, who had the fever slightly.
There were difficulties about their reaching Mendi and Mr. Steele, under the advice
of the new British Governor, Sir George Macdonald, had gone, with Cinque and two
others, on an exploring tour. His return was daily expected. There were several hundreds
of Mendians at Sierra Leone, some of whom had recognized several of the Amistad Africans.
The Mendians continued to study, but some of them had rushed into their former licentious
habits. The Missionaries, however, were full of hope. --N. Y. Tribune.
