Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	14.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Princeton, New Jersey
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	female
Literacy Status	2 3
Religious Affiliation	Presbyterian
Legal Status	Enslaved

Individuals

Mary Jane Richards

Recorded Names

Mary Jane Richards 3

Associated Individuals

enslaved by Elizabeth L. Van Lew (slaveholder) 4 6

Events

	Richmond, Henrico Co., Virginia (Origin) Princeton, New Jersey (Destination)	4	View Event Details	Enslaved
	Princeton, New Jersey (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1855 1 3	View Event Details	Enslaved
ship's passage	New York (Origin) Buchanan (Destination)	24 Dec 1855 to unknown 1 2 3	View Event Details	Enslaved
	Baltimore, Maryland (Destination) Liberia (Origin)	5 Mar 1860 4 5	View Event Details	Enslaved

Citations

[1] "Barque Lamartine, 24 Dec 1855, New York", 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/46670181 : accessed 20 Mar 2021).
[2] "Barque Lamartine, 24 Dec 1855, New York", Subject File, 1792-1964, American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress; digital image, Fold3.com. Microfilm Reel 306 (https://www.fold3.com/image/31711784 : accessed 20 Mar 2021).
[3] "The Bark Lamartine." African Repository, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Feb 1856): 57.
[4] E. L. Van Lew (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania & Brooklyn, New York) to Willams (Liberia), letter, 10 & 22 Sep 1859; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 87; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30214999: accessed 24 Feb 2022).
[5] "Return of the Stevens." African Repository, Vol. 36, No. 4 (Apr 1860): 116.
[6] Lois Leveen, "Mary Richards Bowser (fl. 1846-1867)" Encyclopedia Virginia, (22 Dec 2021): , digital image, EncyclopediaVirginia.org (https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/bowser-mary-richards-fl-1846-1867/ : accessed 29 Aug 2023).