Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	21.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	male
Legal Status	Enslaved

Individuals

John Powell

Recorded Names

John Powell 1

Associated Individuals

enslaved by David Griffith (slaveholder) 1

Events

	Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1855 1	View Event Details	Enslaved
ship's passage	Baltimore, Maryland (Origin)	2 May 1855 to unknown 1 2 3	View Event Details	Enslaved

Citations

[1] "Barque Cora, 2 May 1855, Baltimore, Maryland, 5 May 1855, 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/46670068 : accessed 20 Mar 2021).
[2] "Barque Cora, 2 May 1855, Baltimore, Maryland, 5 May 1855, 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/31544077 : accessed 20 Mar 2021).
[3] "Barque Cora, 2 May 1855, Baltimore, Maryland, 5 May 1855, 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_scm13250-0360.html : accessed 30 Mar 2021).