Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type	a b

Individuals

Edward Colston

Recorded Names

Edward Colston 3

Associated Individuals

Abraham Stubblefield (emigrant) (enslaved by Edward Colston) 7

Elizabeth Stubblefield (emigrant) (enslaved by Edward Colston) 7

Isaac Stubblefield (emigrant) (enslaved by Edward Colston) 7

James Stubblefield (emigrant) (enslaved by Edward Colston) 7

Rachel Stubblefield (emigrant) (enslaved by Edward Colston) 7

Events

	Berkeley Co., Virginia (primary location)		View Event Details

Notes

[a]
of Berkeley Co., Virginia
[b]
Vice president of the Auxiliary Society of Berkeley County in 1827

Citations

[1] "Departure of the Ship Harriet." African Repository and Colonial Journal, Vol. 4, No. 12 (Feb/Mar 1829): 380.
[2] Thomas Davis (Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (City of Washington), letter, 21 Mar 1827; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 2; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30893144: accessed 8 May 2022).
[3] Philip C. Pendleton (Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Washington, D. C.), letter, 16 Dec 1828; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 4; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30905967: accessed 9 May 2022).
[4] Herbert C. Thomson (Louisville, Kentucky) to R. R. Gurley (Washington City, D. C.), letter, 31 Dec 1828; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 5; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27473285: accessed 9 May 2022).
[5] James N. Riddle (Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., Virginia) to Joseph Nourse (Washington City), letter, 5 Jan 1829; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 5; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27473350: accessed 9 May 2022).
[6] Philip C. Pendleton (Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Washington), letter, 8 Jan 1829; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 5; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27473428: accessed 9 May 2022).
[7] "[untitled]", Martinsburg Gazette and Public Advertiser (Martinsburg, Virginia), 8 Jan 1829, p. 3, column 2, digital image, Chronicling America, Library of Congress (https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85059526/1829-01-08/ed-1/seq-3/ : accessed 28 Aug 2023).
[8] J. H. B. Latrobe (Baltimore, Maryland) to R. R. Gurley (Washington City, D. C.), letter, 21 Jan 1829; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 5; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27473647: accessed 9 May 2022).
[9] William Mclain (Washington City) to Edward Colston (Falling Waters, Berkeley Co., Virginia), letter, 5 Nov 1840; "Outgoing Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 183; (https://www.fold3.com/image/31431323: accessed 15 Jan 2023).
[10] Edward Colston ([Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., Virginia]) to R. R. Gurley (Washington City), letter, 9 Jul 1833; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters, Box I: A50"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress.
[11] The Annual Report of the Auxiliary Society of Frederick County, Va., for Colonizing the Free People of Colour in the United States (Winchester, Va.: The Auxiliary Society, 1820), digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/annualreportofau00auxi/page/n5/mode/2up : accessed 2 May 2023).