Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	26.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Romney, Hampshire Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	female
Legal Status	Enslaved

Individuals

Charlotte Keys

Recorded Names

Charlotte Keys 1

Recorded Ages

25

Associated Individuals

facilitated by Edward M. Armstrong (facilitator)

facilitated by Forman Inskeep (facilitator, slaveholder)

enslaved by Isaac A. J. Inskeep (slaveholder) 1 6

spouse of Solomon Keys (emigrant) 1

facilitated by William A. Kuykendall (facilitator)

Ester Keys (emigrant) (child of Charlotte Keys)

Events

	Romney, Hampshire Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1854 1 2	View Event Details	Enslaved
ship's passage	Norfolk, Norfolk Co., Virginia (Origin)	18 May 1854 to unknown 1 2 3 4 5	View Event Details	Enslaved

Citations

[1] "Ship Sophia Walker, 18 May 1854, Norfolk, Virginia, 27 May 1854, Savannah, Georgia", 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/46670039 : accessed 19 Mar 2021).
[2] "Ship Sophia Walker, 18 May 1854, Norfolk, Virginia, 27 May 1854, Savannah, Georgia", Outgoing Correspondence, 1839-1912, Letters from Liberia, 1843-1874, American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress; digital image, Fold3.com. Microfilm Reel 239 (https://www.fold3.com/image/31540744 : accessed 19 Mar 2021).
[3] "Ship Sophia Walker, 18 May 1854, Norfolk, Virginia, 27 May 1854, Savannah, Georgia", Outgoing Correspondence, 1839-1912, Letters from Liberia, 1843-1874, American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress; digital image, Fold3.com. Microfilm Reel 239 (https://www.fold3.com/image/31540624 : accessed 19 Mar 2021).
[4] "Ship Sophia Walker, 18 May 1854, Norfolk, Virginia, 27 May 1854, Savannah, Georgia", Outgoing Correspondence, 1839-1912, Letters from Liberia, 1843-1874, American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress; digital image, Fold3.com. Microfilm Reel 239 (https://www.fold3.com/image/31540334 : accessed 19 Mar 2021).
[5] "Later From Liberia." African Repository, Vol. 31, No. 6 (Jun 1855): 185.
[6] Forman Inskeep (Romney, Hampshire Co., Virginia) to (n. p.), letter, 3 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/30902727: accessed 7 Jul 2022).
[7] William McLain Rev. (Washington City) to Forman Inskeep (Romney, Hampshire Co., Virginia), letter, 5 Apr 1854; "Outgoing Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 196; (https://www.fold3.com/image/31476927: accessed 8 Jul 2022).
[8] William A. Kuykendall (Romney, Hampshire Co., Virginia) to James Hall (n.p.), letter, 24 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/30904707: accessed 8 Jul 2022).
[9] William A. Kuykendall (Romney, Hampshire Co., Virginia) to McLain (n. p.), letter, 24 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/30904726: accessed 8 Jul 2022).
[10] William McLain Rev. (Baltimore) to E. M. Armstrong (n.p.), letter, 29 Apr 1854; "Outgoing Correspondence, Letters to Liberia"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 239; (https://www.fold3.com/image/31540190: accessed 8 Jul 2022).
[11] "Emigrants for Liberia." Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, (5 May 1854): 2.
[12] William McLain Rev. (Washington) to E. M. Armstrong (Romney, Hampshire Co., Virginia), letter, 21 Feb 1855; "Outgoing Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 198; (https://www.fold3.com/image/31761515: accessed 8 Jul 2022).
[13] William McLain (Washington City) to Forman Inskeep (Romney, Hampshire Co., Virginia), letter, 3 Jan 1854; "Outgoing Correspondence, 1839-1912, Domestic Letters, 1839-1912, William McLain and Others, Box II: 12"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress.