Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	11.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Blakeley, Jefferson Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	female
Legal Status	Free

Individuals

Eliza Starks

Recorded Names

Eliza Starks 1

Recorded Ages

11

Associated Individuals

child of Charles Starks (emigrant) 1

facilitated by Jane C. Washington (emancipator, slaveholder) 3

Events

birth		9 Jan 1839 5	View Event Details	Free
	Blakeley, Jefferson Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1849 1	View Event Details	Free
ship's passage	Baltimore, Maryland (Origin)	24 Feb 1849 to unknown 1 2	View Event Details	Free

Citations

[1] "Liberia Packet, 24 Feb 1849, 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/46669833 : accessed 15 Mar 2021).
[2] "Liberia Packet, 24 Feb 1849, 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_scm13250-0355.html : accessed 30 Mar 2021).
[3] Jane C. Washington (Blakely, Charlestown, Jefferson Co., Virginia) to William McLain (Washington City, D. C.), letter, 7 Oct 1848; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 57; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30913389: accessed 17 Oct 2022).
[4] William McLain (Washington City) to Jane C. Washington (Blakeley, Charlestown, Jefferson Co., Virginia), letter, 5 Jan 1849; "Outgoing Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 189; (https://www.fold3.com/image/31440385: accessed 18 Oct 2022).
[5] Jane C. Washington (Blakeley, Charlestown, Jefferson Co., Virginia) to William McLain (Baltimore, Maryland), letter, 15 Feb 1849; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 58; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30923131: accessed 18 Oct 2022).