Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	22.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Union, Monroe Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	male
Legal Status	Enslaved

Individuals

John Anthony Houston

Recorded Names

John Anthony Houston 2 8

Associated Individuals

enslaved by Samuel R. Houston (slaveholder) 2 8

Events

	Union, Monroe Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1856 2 8	View Event Details	Enslaved
ship's passage	Baltimore, Maryland (Origin) Monrovia (Destination)	26 Nov 1856 to 21 Jan 1857 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	View Event Details	Enslaved

Citations

[1] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 26 Nov 1856, Baltimore, Maryland, 6 Dec 1856, 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/46670100 : accessed 20 Mar 2021).
[2] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 26 Nov 1856, Baltimore, Maryland, 6 Dec 1856, 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/46670160 : accessed 21 Mar 2021).
[3] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 26 Nov 1856, Baltimore, Maryland, 6 Dec 1856, 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/46670113 : accessed 21 Mar 2021).
[4] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 26 Nov 1856, Baltimore, Maryland, 6 Dec 1856, 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 240 (https://www.fold3.com/image/31877737 : accessed 21 Mar 2021).
[5] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 26 Nov 1856, Baltimore, Maryland, 6 Dec 1856, 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 240 (https://www.fold3.com/image/31877843 : accessed 21 Mar 2021).
[6] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 26 Nov 1856, Baltimore, Maryland, 6 Dec 1856, 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_scm13250-0362.html : accessed 30 Mar 2021).
[7] "Voyages of the Ship M. C. Stevens." Maryland Colonization Journal, New Series, Vol. 9, No. 6 (Nov 1857): 81.
[8] "List of Emigrants by the Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, From Baltimore Nov. 29th, and Norfolk Dec. 6, 1856." African Repository, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan 1857): 21.
[9] "Annual Report of the American Colonization Society" African Repository, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Mar 1858): 73.
[10] Samuel R. Houston (Union, Monroe Co., Virginia) to William McLain (n.p.), letter, 14 Jul 1856; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 80; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30215956: accessed 2 Jan 2023).
[11] Samuel R. Houston (Union, Monroe Co., Virginia) to William McLain (n.p.), letter, 11 Sep 1856; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 80; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30216657: accessed 2 Jan 2023).
[12] Samuel R. Houston (Union, Monroe Co., Virginia) to William McLain (Washington), letter, 26 May 1857; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 82; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30211845: accessed 2 Jan 2023).
[13] Samuel R. Houston (Union, Monroe Co., Virginia) to William McLain (n.p.), letter, 4 Jun 1857; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 82; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30211888: accessed 2 Jan 2023).
[14] Samuel R. Houston (Union, Monroe Co., Virginia) to William McLain (n.p.), letter, 29 Jun 1857; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 82; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30212013: accessed 2 Jan 2023).
[15] Samuel R. Houston (Union, Monroe Co., Virginia) to [unspecified] (n.p.), letter, 20 Oct 1857; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 83; (https://www.fold3.com/image/32820258: accessed 2 Jan 2023).
[16] William McLain (Norfolk, Virginia) to John Anthony Houston (Monrovia, Liberia), letter, 6 Nov 1857; "Outgoing Correspondence, Letters to Liberia"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 240; (https://www.fold3.com/image/31878280: accessed 2 Jan 2023).
[17] Samuel R. Houston (Union, Monroe Co., Virginia) to William McLain (n.p.), letter, 22 Dec 1860; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 90; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30932216: accessed 2 Jan 2023).
[18] William McLain (Washington City) to Samuel R. Houston (Union, Monroe Co., Virginia), letter, 26 Oct 1857; "Outgoing Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 201; (https://www.fold3.com/image/31471762: accessed 2 Jan 2023).