Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Individuals

Lily Gordon 1

child of Eveline Gordon (emigrant) 1

child of John Gordon (emigrant) 1

enslaved by Howard F. Thornton (facilitator, slaveholder) 4

facilitated by Mary Elizabeth Wormeley (facilitator) 1 4

	Clarke Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1853 1	View Event Details	Enslaved
ship's passage	Baltimore, Maryland (Origin)	9 Nov 1853 to unknown 1 2 3	View Event Details	Enslaved

[1] "Ship Banshee, 9 Nov 1853, Baltimore, Maryland, 11 Nov 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/46670005 : accessed 19 Mar 2021).
[2] "Ship Banshee, 9 Nov 1853, Baltimore, Maryland, 11 Nov 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_scm13250-0359.html : accessed 30 Mar 2021).
[3] "List of Emigrants by the Ship Banshee, Capt. Wingate, from Baltimore, Nov. 9, and Norfolk, Nov. 11, 1853." African Repository, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Jan 1854): 19.
[4] "An Appeal Not Sectional: A Sectional Appeal" The National Era, (11 Aug 1853): 128.
[5] "no title" The National Era, (18 Aug 1853): 131.
[6] Elizabeth Wormeley (Newport, Rhode Island) to William McLain (Washington, D.C.), letter, 23 Apr 1854; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 72; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30904675: accessed 6 Jul 2023).