Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	50.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Manchester, Chesterfield Co., Virginia Richmond, Henrico Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia Liberia
Sex	male
Legal Status	Enslaved

Individuals

John Branch

Recorded Names

John Branch 10 11 12

Associated Individuals

enslaved by Henry W. Sharp (slaveholder) 12

Events

	Manchester, Chesterfield Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1856 10 11 12	View Event Details	Enslaved
	Richmond, Henrico Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1856 10 12	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

Notes

John Branch appears on the original ship list as from Manchester, Va. John Branch appears on the AR 33: 355 ship list as from Richmond, Va, Emancipated by will of Henry W. Sharp of Richmond.

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] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 4 Nov 1857, Baltimore, Maryland, 12 Nov 1857, 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/31878273 : accessed 21 Mar 2021).
[11] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 4 Nov 1857, Baltimore, Maryland, 12 Nov 1857, 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/31878293 : accessed 21 Mar 2021).
[12] "List of Emigrants by the Mary Caroline Stevens, 3d voyage, From Baltimore 2d November, and Norfolk the 12th of same month." African Repository, Vol. 33, No. 12 (Dec 1857): 355.