Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	16.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Orange Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	male
Legal Status	Enslaved

Individuals

Benjamin Johnson

Recorded Names

Benjamin Johnson 4 6

Associated Individuals

enslaved by John H. Bumgarner (slaveholder) 4 6

Events

	Orange Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1857 3 4 6	View Event Details	Enslaved
ship's passage	Baltimore, Maryland (Origin) Monrovia (Destination)	25 May 1857 to 3 Jul 1857 1 2 3 4 5 6	View Event Details	Enslaved

Citations

[1] "Voyages of the Ship M. C. Stevens." Maryland Colonization Journal, New Series, Vol. 9, No. 6 (Nov 1857): 81.
[2] "Annual Report of the American Colonization Society" African Repository, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Mar 1858): 73.
[3] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 25 May 1857, Baltimore, Maryland, 29 May 1857, Hampton Roads, 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/46670119 : accessed 21 Mar 2021).
[4] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 25 May 1857, Baltimore, Maryland, 29 May 1857, Hampton Roads, 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/31878057 : accessed 21 Mar 2021).
[5] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 25 May 1857, Baltimore, Maryland, 29 May 1857, Hampton Roads, 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).
[6] "List of Emigrants by the Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 2d voyage, From Baltimore May 21st, and Norfolk May 28th, 1856." African Repository, Vol. 33, No. 7 (Jul 1857): 213.