Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Emigration Origin	Fluvanna Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	male
Legal Status

Individuals

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Recorded Names

___ ___ 1 a

Recorded Ages

young man

Associated Individuals

enslaved by Gen. James H. Cocke (slaveholder) 1

Events

	Fluvanna Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1837 1	View Event Details
ship's passage	Monrovia (Destination) Norfolk, Norfolk Co., Virginia (Origin)	3 Dec 1837 to unknown 1 2 3	View Event Details

Notes

[a]
Not specifically named on the ship list. Noted as, "Also a young Man sent out by Genl James H. Cocke, of Fluvanna Co."

Citations

[1] "Ship Emperor, 3 Dec 1837, 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/46669707 : accessed 7 Mar 2021).
[2] "Emigrants to Liberia." African Repository and Colonial Journal, Vol. 13, No. 12 (Dec 1837): 380.
[3] "Intelligence from Liberia." African Repository and Colonial Journal, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Mar 1838): 65.