Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Emigration Origin	Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	female

Individuals

Dorotha Melvina Melville

Recorded Names

Dorotha Melvina Melville 1

Recorded Ages

1 week

Associated Individuals

enslaved by Dorotha Bratton (slaveholder) 1 3 4

child of Louisa Melville (emigrant) 1

Events

	Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1848 1 3 4	View Event Details
ship's passage	Baltimore, Maryland (Origin)	5 Feb 1848 to unknown 1 2	View Event Details

Citations

[1] "Brig Amazon, 5 Feb 1848, Baltimore, Maryland", 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/46669800 : accessed 15 Mar 2021).
[2] "Brig Amazon, 5 Feb 1848, Baltimore, Maryland", Manumissions and Emigrants, Emigration, Record of Emigrants, Maryland State Colonization Society Papers, Maryland Historical Society; digital image, Maryland State Archives. Microfilm Reel 27 (http://mdhistory.msa.maryland.gov/msa_sc5977/scm013250/html/msa_sc5977_scm13250-0354.html : accessed 30 Mar 2021).
[3] Dorotha Bratton (Christiansburg, Virginia) to W. McLain (Washington City), letter, 23 Dec 1847; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 54; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30895926: accessed 17 Jan 2022).
[4] N. Chevalier (Christiansburg, Virginia) to William McLain (n.p.), letter, 2 Nov 1847; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 53; (https://www.fold3.com/image/48532036: accessed 17 Jan 2022).