Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Individuals

James Dent 3

enslaved by Casper W. Weaver/Wever (facilitator, slaveholder) 4 5

enslaved by Jane Catherine Wever (facilitator, slaveholder) 4 5

Hanson Dent (emigrant) (child of James Dent) 4

Susan Dent (emigrant) (child of James Dent) 4

	Jefferson Co., Virginia (Origin) Washington Co., Maryland (Destination)	4	View Event Details	Enslaved
	Washington Co., Maryland (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1853 3 4	View Event Details
ship's passage	Baltimore, Maryland (Origin)	25 Apr 1853 to unknown 1 2 3	View Event Details

[1] H. J. Roberts MD (Monrovia, Liberia) to (n.p.), letter, Sep 1853; "Incoming Correspondence, Letters from Liberia, 1833-1917"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 155; (https://www.fold3.com/image/44487536: accessed 9 Mar 2021).
[2] "Ship Banshee, 25 Apr 1853, Baltimore, Maryland, 30 Apr 1853, 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/46669980 : accessed 19 Mar 2021).
[3] "Ship Banshee, 25 Apr 1853, Baltimore, Maryland, 30 Apr 1853, Norfolk, Virginia", 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_scm13250-0358.html : accessed 30 Mar 2021).
[4] "Jim Dent." African Repository, Vol. 34, No. 8 (Aug 1853): 247, 248.
[5] "no title" Daily Commercial Register, (10 Mar 1853): 2, col. 2.