FUND RAISING TRIP TO BRITISH ISLES

Rev. King travelled to the British Isles to represent the Presbyterian Church in Canada at the annual General Assembly.  He used this time to promote the Elgin Settlement mission and appeal for funds to assist deserving young scholars to proceed in their academic endeavours.  His speaking engagements were well received and as a result the students of Buxton acquired many foreign benefactors.

While abroad, he attended the Social Sciences Conference in London presided by Prince Albert.

• a report was prepared and delivered by missionary Dr. Martin Delany, another resident of Kent County, Canada West
• the U.S. minister left the meeting insulted that he was expected to listen to a black man read
• an association was formed and named the African Aid Society, Lord Alfred Churchill was appointed President
  

Rev. King believed that most effective way to thwart the US slave trade was at its source in Africa.  Dr. Delany believed that the black man would only ever have equality in a free black kingdom and ardently desired to see a "Black Israel" established in Africa.  A plan was loosely devised for Delany to gain support for a colony in Liberia and King was to ensure there would be capable people to get it started.  However, before the project got beyond the planning stages the Civil War erupted and planning ceased.