Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	50.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Manchester, Chesterfield Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	male
Legal Status	Enslaved

Individuals

Pleasant Morris

Recorded Names

Pleasant Morris 2

Recorded Ages

40

Events

	Manchester, Chesterfield Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1854 2 5	View Event Details	Enslaved
ship's passage	Baltimore, Maryland (Origin) Monrovia (Destination)	3 Nov 1854 to 25 Jan 1855 1 2 3 4 5 6	View Event Details	Enslaved

Notes

Ship lists notes that Pleasant Morris was purchased by his wife. However, no wife is noted on the ship list, so her identity is unknown.

Citations

[1] "Later From Liberia." African Repository, Vol. 31, No. 6 (Jun 1855): 185.
[2] "Ship Euphrasia, 3 Nov 1854, Baltimore, Maryland, 6 Nov 1854, 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/46670059 : accessed 20 Mar 2021).
[3] "The Ship Euphrasia." African Repository, Vol. 31, No. 5 (May 1855): 133.
[4] "Ship Euphrasia, 3 Nov 1854, Baltimore, Maryland, 6 Nov 1854, Norfolk, Virginia", 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/31542950 : accessed 20 Mar 2021).
[5] "Ship Euphrasia, 3 Nov 1854, Baltimore, Maryland, 6 Nov 1854, Norfolk, Virginia", 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/31542888 : accessed 20 Mar 2021).
[6] "Ship Euphrasia, 3 Nov 1854, Baltimore, Maryland, 6 Nov 1854, 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).