Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	45.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Brownsburg, Rockbridge Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	male
Legal Status	Enslaved

Individuals

Reuben Lewis

Recorded Names

Reuben Lewis 1 2

Events

	Brownsburg, Rockbridge Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1860 1 2	View Event Details	Enslaved
ship's passage	Baltimore, Maryland (Origin)	21 Apr 1860 to unknown 1 2 3 4	View Event Details	Enslaved

Notes

Ship list in AR notes: "Reuben Lewis purchased by his wife". His wife is not named on ship list, but might be Rosa Lewis, enslaved by Capt Hugh Adams.

Citations

[1] "List of Emigrants, Per Ship M. C. Stevens, From Baltimore, April 21, and Savannah, May 2, 1860." African Repository, Vol. 36, No. 5 (May 1860): 140.
[2] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 21 Apr 1860, Baltimore, Maryland, 2 May 1860, Savannah, Georgia", 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/31879168 : accessed 25 Mar 2021).
[3] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 21 Apr 1860, Baltimore, Maryland, 2 May 1860, Savannah, Georgia", 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/31879240 : accessed 25 Mar 2021).
[4] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 21 Apr 1860, Baltimore, Maryland, 2 May 1860, Savannah, Georgia", 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).
[5] William McLain (Baltimore) to Reuben Lewis (Careysburg, Liberia), letter, 30 Oct 1860; "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/31879568: accessed 4 May 2022).