Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	3.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Northumberland Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	female
Legal Status	Enslaved

Individuals

Polly Burgess

Recorded Names

Polly Burgess 1

Associated Individuals

enslaved by B. Burgess (slaveholder) 1

Events

	Northumberland Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1859 1	View Event Details	Enslaved
ship's passage	Baltimore, Maryland (Origin) Monrovia (Destination)	12 May 1859 to 13 Jul 1859 1 2	View Event Details	Enslaved

Citations

[1] "List of Emigrants by the Mary Caroline Stevens, From Baltimore May 12, 1859." African Repository, Vol. 35, No. 6 (Jun 1859): 171.
[2] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 12 May 1859, Baltimore, Maryland", 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_scm13250-0363.html : accessed 31 Mar 2021).