Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type	a
Sex	male
Legal Status	Enslaved

Individuals

Caesar ___

Recorded Names

Caesar 1

Recorded Ages

81

Events

	Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1856 2 3 b	View Event Details	Enslaved

Notes

[a]
ship list notes "Caesar 81 does not go"
[b] ship list notes: "Caesar 81 does not go" It looks like he went to the port, but then declined to board. Perhaps there is more information about Caesar in the ACS letter collection.

Citations

[1] "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).
[2] "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).
[3] "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.