Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	28.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Lewis Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	male
Occupation	hatter
Religious Affiliation	Methodist Episcopal
Legal Status	Enslaved

Individuals

Sampson/Samson Caezar/Ceasar

Recorded Names

Sampson Caezar 2
Samson Ceasar 3

Associated Individuals

enslaved by Abraham Carper (slaveholder) 2

Events

	Lewis Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1832 2	View Event Details	Enslaved
ship's passage	Norfolk, Norfolk Co., Virginia (Origin)	9 Nov 1832 to unknown 1 a	View Event Details	Enslaved

Notes

[a] There is no deed of manumission from Abraham Carper in the Lewis Co., West Virginia deed books

Citations

[1] "Ship Jupiter, 9 Nov 1832, Norfolk, Virginia", Subject File, 1792-1964, American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress; digital image, Fold3.com. Microfilm Reel 314 (https://www.fold3.com/image/46670356 : accessed 17 Feb 2021).
[2] "Ship Jupiter, 9 Nov 1833, Norfolk, Virginia", Subject File, 1792-1964, American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress; digital image, Fold3.com. Microfilm Reel 314 (https://www.fold3.com/image/46670412 : accessed 18 Feb 2021).
[3] Samson Ceasar (Monrovia, Liberia) to David S. Haseldon (Buckhannon, Virginia), letter, 7 Feb 1834; "Letters of Samson Ceasar from Liberia, 1834-1835, MSS 10595 & 10595-a"; Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Virginia, digital image, Archival Resources of the Virginias; (http://depts.drew.edu/lib/methodist/conf-j/MEC/Africa/Liberia_1834-1837.pdf : accessed 29 Dec 2022).
[4] Samson Ceasar (Monrovia, Liberia) to Henry F. Westfall (n.p.), letter, 18 Mar 1834; "Letters of Samson Ceasar from Liberia, 1834-1835, MSS 10595 & 10595-a"; Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Virginia, digital image, Archival Resources of the Virginias; (https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu02800.xml: accessed 29 Dec 2022).
[5] Samson Ceasar (Monrovia, Liberia) to Henry F. Westfall (Buckhannon, Virginia), letter, 1 Apr 1834; "Letters of Samson Ceasar from Liberia, 1834-1835, MSS 10595 & 10595-a"; Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Virginia, digital image, Archival Resources of the Virginias; (https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu02800.xml: accessed 29 Dec 2022).
[6] Samson Ceasar (Monrovia, Liberia) to Henry F. Westfall (Buckhannon, Virginia), letter, 2 Jun 1834; "Letters of Samson Ceasar from Liberia, 1834-1835, MSS 10595 & 10595-a"; Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Virginia, digital image, Archival Resources of the Virginias; (https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu02800.xml: accessed 29 Dec 2022).
[7] Samson Ceasar (Monrovia, Liberia) to Henry F. Westfall (Buckhannon, Virginia), letter, 5 Mar 1835; "Letters of Samson Ceasar from Liberia, 1834-1835, MSS 10595 & 10595-a"; Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Virginia, digital image, Archival Resources of the Virginias; (https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu02800.xml: accessed 29 Dec 2022).
[8] Samson Ceasar (Monrovia, Liberia) to Henry F. Westfall (Buckhannon, Virginia), letter, 3 Aug 1835; "Letters of Samson Ceasar from Liberia, 1834-1835, MSS 10595 & 10595-a"; Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Virginia, digital image, Archival Resources of the Virginias; (https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu02800.xml: accessed 29 Dec 2022).
[9] "Latest from Liberia." African Repository, Vol. 11, No. 6 (Jun 1835): 173.
[10] "Letter From A Colonist." African Repository, Vol. 11, No. 7 (Jul 1835): 208.
[11] "Letters From Colonists" African Repository, Vol. 11, No. 11 (Nov 1835): 328.
[12] "Methodists in Liberia." African Repository, Vol. 12, No. 6 (Jun 1836): 198.