Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Individuals

James Davis 1

1
7 mos.

enslaved by Arthur B. Davis (slaveholder) 1

emancipated by Arthur B. Davis (slaveholder) 2

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

[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.