Andrew Emerson searching for Senoth Johnson, Ephraim Johnson, and Wash Emerson
The Star of Zion (Charlotte, NC)
November 17, 1898
GOING TO AFRICA.
BY ANDREW EMERSON.
Messrs. Smith and Blackwell:
You two gentlemen have had con-gratulations [congratulations] from all parts of America and from some points of Africa and Europe for clothing the STAR in a new dress and giving the Connection and race the finest Negro publishing house in the world. The STAR is one of the leading religious papers of this country.
I am inquiring for relaitives. I have neither seen nor heard from them since I left Charlotte, N. C. My mother was named Senoth Johnson. Her owner was named Presley Mayhue. Her husband was named Ephraim Johnson. His owner was named Houston John-son [Johnson]. My father's name is Wash Emerson. They were living 3 miles west of Davidson College when I left.
I am expecting to leave this country for Africa in the near future in case I sell my prop-erty [property] for half its value. I wish to see and carry some of my relatives with me, to a country of our own, where our own flag inspires us to a higher sense of national honor and leads us on to a higher plane of citizenship and a more useful life.
Lexington, Oklahoma Territory
BY ANDREW EMERSON.
Messrs. Smith and Blackwell:
You two gentlemen have had con-gratulations [congratulations] from all parts of America and from some points of Africa and Europe for clothing the STAR in a new dress and giving the Connection and race the finest Negro publishing house in the world. The STAR is one of the leading religious papers of this country.
I am inquiring for relaitives. I have neither seen nor heard from them since I left Charlotte, N. C. My mother was named Senoth Johnson. Her owner was named Presley Mayhue. Her husband was named Ephraim Johnson. His owner was named Houston John-son [Johnson]. My father's name is Wash Emerson. They were living 3 miles west of Davidson College when I left.
I am expecting to leave this country for Africa in the near future in case I sell my prop-erty [property] for half its value. I wish to see and carry some of my relatives with me, to a country of our own, where our own flag inspires us to a higher sense of national honor and leads us on to a higher plane of citizenship and a more useful life.
Lexington, Oklahoma Territory
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