Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	20.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Kilmarnock, Lancaster Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	female
Legal Status	Enslaved

Individuals

Abigail Wright 5

enslaved by James Kelly (slaveholder) 5

	Kilmarnock, Lancaster Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1856 1 4	View Event Details	Enslaved
ship's passage	Norfolk, Norfolk Co., Virginia (Origin)	13 May 1856 to unknown 1 2 3 4 5	View Event Details	Enslaved

[1] "Ship Elvira Owen, 13 May 1856, Baltimore, Maryland, 20 May 1856, 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/46670140 : accessed 20 Mar 2021).
[2] "Ship Elvira Owen, 13 May 1856, Baltimore, Maryland, 20 May 1856, 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/31545102 : accessed 20 Mar 2021).
[3] "Ship Elvira Owen, 13 May 1856, Baltimore, Maryland, 20 May 1856, Savannah, Georgia", 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_scm13250-0361.html : accessed 30 Mar 2021).
[4] "List of Emigrants by the Ship Elvira Owen, From Norfolk May 13th, and Savannah May 20th, 1856" African Repository, Vol. 32, No. 8 (Aug 1856): 248.
[5] "Ship Elvira Owen, Aug 1856", 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/46670091 : accessed 20 Mar 2021).