Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	42.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Hanover Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	male
Legal Status	Enslaved

Individuals

Horace Coleman

Recorded Names

Horace Coleman 1

Associated Individuals

enslaved by Benjamin C. Coghill (slaveholder) 1

purchased by Nathaniel C. Crenshaw (facilitator, slaveholder) 4 5 a

Charlotte Coleman (emigrant) (spouse of Horace Coleman) 4 5

Events

	Hanover 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

Notes

[a] Crenshaw purchased Horace Coleman from an unknown person so that Horace could emigrate to Liberia with his wife and family who were enslaved by Benjamin Coghill and cared for by Nathaniel Crenshaw in Hanover Co. since 1835.

Citations

[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] Nathaniel C. Crenshaw (Montpelier, Hanover Co., Virginia) to W. McLain (Washington, D.C.), letter, 29 Sep 1853; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 70; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30896411: accessed 7 Feb 2022).
[5] Nathaniel C. Crenshaw (Hanover Co., Virginia) to W. McLain (Washington City), letter, 26 Oct 1853; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 70; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30899696: accessed).