Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Emigration Origin	Madison or Sussex Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	male
Legal Status

Individuals

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Recorded Names

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Events

	Madison or Sussex 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]
Name not specified in ship list. "Two Men, who had Wives amongst the above Emigrants accompanied them, being liberated by their Owners for that purpose." The owners of the two men are not named either, and their are a number of women with children and no husband listed in this ship list, from both Sussex and Madison counties, Virginia.

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.