Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	31.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Frederick Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	male
Legal Status	Enslaved

Individuals

Thomas M. Page

Recorded Names

Thomas M. Page 9

Associated Individuals

facilitated by Ann R. Page (slaveholder) 6

enslaved by Mathew Page (slaveholder) 9

Betsy Page (emigrant) (child of Thomas M. Page) 9

Peter Page (emigrant) (child of Thomas M. Page) 9

Rebecca Page (emigrant) (spouse of Thomas M. Page) 9

Solomon Page (emigrant) (child of Thomas M. Page) 9

Thomas Page (emigrant) (child of Thomas M. Page) 9

Events

	Frederick Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1834 1 9	View Event Details	Enslaved
ship's passage	Norfolk, Norfolk Co., Virginia (Origin) Bassa Cove (Destination)	26 Oct 1834 to unknown 1 2 9	View Event Details	Enslaved

Citations

[1] "Intelligence.: Emigrants to Africa." African Repository and Colonial Journal, Vol. 10, No. 9 (Nov 1834): 286.
[2] Eli Seifman, "The United Colonization Societies of New-York and Pennsylvania and the Establishment of the African Colony of Bassa Cove" Pennsylvania History, Vol. 35, No. 1 (Jan 1968): 23-44, digital images (https://journals.psu.edu/phj/article/view/23277 : accessed 28 Aug 2023).
[3] R R Gurley Rev. (Annfield, Millwood, Frederick Co., Virginia) to Joseph Gales (Washington, DC), letter, 23 Aug 1834; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 21; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27402600: accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[4] R. R. Gurley Rev. (Berryville, Frederick Co., Virginia) to Joseph Gales (Washington, DC), letter, 1 Sep 1834; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 21; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27402664: accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[5] R. R. Gurley Rev. (Annfield, Millwood, Frederick Co., Virginia) to Joseph Gales (Washington City), letter, 22 Sep 1834; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 21; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27402703: accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[6] Ann R Page (Millwood, Frederick Co., Virginia) to Joseph Gales (Washington City), letter, [24 Sep 1834]; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 21; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27402721: accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[7] R. R. Gurley (Annfield, Millwood, Frederick Co., Virginia) to Joseph Gales (Washington, DC), letter, 25 Sep 1834; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 21; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27402749: accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[8] R. R. Gurley Rev. (Millwood, Frederick Co., Virginia) to Philip R. Fendall (Washington, DC), letter, 30 Sep 1834; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 21; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27402753: accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[9] "Young Men's Colonization Society of Pennsylvania Minute Book, 1834-1841", Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, Colonization Society; digital image, Lincoln.edu (https://www.lincoln.edu/langston-hughes-memorial-library/special-collections-and-archives/digital-collections/library-colonization-society.html : accessed 8 Dec 2023).