Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Emigration Origin	Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	male
Legal Status	Enslaved

Individuals

Abraham Hays

Recorded Names

Abraham Hays

Associated Individuals

purchased by Rev. John Matthews (slaveholder, life member of the ACS) 3 b

facilitated by Baker Tapscott (facilitator) 3 6 a

___ [Hays] (emigrant) (spouse of Abraham Hays) 5

Events

	Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1831 1 2	View Event Details	Enslaved
ship's passage	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Origin)	18 Oct 1831 to 14 Dec 1831 1	View Event Details	Enslaved

Notes

[a] Baker Tapscott purchased Abraham Hays at Rev John Matthews' direction so Hays could go to Liberia with his wife and children who were enslaved by Rev John Matthews
[b] purchased from unknown person, carried out for John Matthews by Baker Tapscott

Citations

[1] "Departure of the Colonial Schooner Margaret Mercer." African Repository and Colonial Journal, Vol. 7, No. 9 (Nov 1831): 284.
[2] John Matthews (Shepherdstown, Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Georgetown, DC), letter, 10 May 1830; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 8; (https://www.fold3.com/image/29595008: accessed 1 Sep 2021).
[3] B. Tapscott (Shepherdstown, Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Washington City, D.C.), letter, 13 Sep 1830; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 9; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27463950: accessed 1 Sep 2021).
[4] William C. Matthews (Martinsburg, Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Washington City), letter, 20 Jul 1831; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 11; (https://www.fold3.com/image/29602196: accessed 1 Sep 2021).
[5] John T. Cookus (Shepherdstown, Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Washington City, D.C.), letter, 7 Sep 1861; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters", digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 12; (https://www.fold3.com/image/29601360: accessed 1 Sep 2021).
[6] "[untitled]" Virginia Free Press and Farmers' Repository, (16 Feb 1832): 3, column 1, digital image, Chronicling America, Library of Congress (https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024746/1832-02-16/ed-1/seq-3/ : accessed ).
[7] William C. Matthews (Martinsburg, Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Washington City, D.C.), letter, 13 Jul 1832; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 14; (https://www.fold3.com/image/29604756: accessed 5 Sep 2021).