Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	30.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	male
Legal Status	Free

Individuals

Ralph Curry

Recorded Names

Ralph Curry 2

Associated Individuals

purchased by Ralph Curry (emigrant) 2 7 8 8 a

enslaved by Jacob Rheinhart/Reinhart (emancipator, facilitator, slaveholder) 7 8

emancipated by Jacob Rheinhart/Reinhart (emancipator, facilitator, slaveholder) 7 8

Ralph Curry (emigrant) (purchased by Ralph Curry) 2 7 8 8 a

Events

	Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1854 2 5 6	View Event Details	Free
	Jefferson Co., Virginia (primary location)	2 Jan 1854 8	View Event Details	Free
ship's passage	Baltimore, Maryland (Origin) Monrovia (Destination)	3 Nov 1854 to 25 Jan 1855 1 2 3 4 5 6	View Event Details	Free

Notes

[a] purchased self

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).
[7] William McLain (Washington) to Jacob Rheinhart (Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., Virginia), letter, 17 Nov 1854; "Outgoing Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 197; (https://www.fold3.com/image/31491462: accessed 12 Dec 2022).
[8] Jacob Reinhart (Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., Virginia) to McLain (n.p.), letter, 22 Nov 1854; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 74; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30261432: accessed 12 Dec 2022).