Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	44.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Rappahannock Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	male
Occupation	farmer & ox breaker
Legal Status	Free

Individuals

Lewis Richson/Richardson

Recorded Names

Lewis Richardson 14
Lewis Richson 10

Associated Individuals

enslaved by Dr. Aylett Hawes (emancipator, slaveholder) 14

emancipated by Dr. Aylett Hawes (emancipator, slaveholder) 9

facilitated by Howard F. Thornton (facilitator, slaveholder) 6

Events

		1833 9	View Event Details	Free
	Rappahannock Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1834 1	View Event Details	Free
ship's passage	Norfolk, Norfolk Co., Virginia (Origin) Bassa Cove (Destination)	26 Oct 1834 to unknown 1 2 14	View Event Details	Free

Notes

The Ninus ship list notes: "wife slave to Alf Thornton"

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. (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).
[4] Walker Hawes (Ayletts, King William Co., Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Washington City), letter, 16 Dec 1833; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 19; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27406438: accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[5] Walker Hawes (Ayletts, King William Co., Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Washington City), letter, 4 Apr 1834; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 20; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27454783: accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[6] Howard F. Thornton (Haw Thorn, Virginia) to Philip R. Fendall (Washington, DC), letter, 13 May 1834; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 22B; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27424596: accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[7] Howard F. Thornton (Haw Thorn, Virginia) to Philip R. Fendall (Washington, DC), letter, 10 Sep 1834; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 22B; (: accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[8] Howard F. Thornton (Haw Thorn, Woodville, Rappahannock Co., Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Washington, DC), letter, 1 Apr 1834; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 22B; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27457012: accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[9] Will of Dr. Aylette Hawes, digital image, Rappahannock Co., Virginia Will Book A: 16, signed 9 Aug 1832, recorded 8 Oct 1833 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PF-C9RK-L?i=28&cat=366719 : accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[10] [untitled], digital image, Rappahannock Co., Virginia Will Book A: 48, recorded 12 May 1834 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PF-C9RY-D?i=44&cat=366719 : accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[11] [untitled], digital image, Rappahannock Co., Virginia Will Book A: 58, signed 11 Dec 1833, recorded 8 Sep 1834 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PF-C9RY-9?i=49&cat=366719 : accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[12] [untitled], digital image, Rappahannock Co., Virginia Will Book A: 113, recorded 14 Sep 1835 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PF-C9RC-V?i=76&cat=366719 : accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[13] [untitled], digital image, Rappahannock Co., Virginia Will Book A: 132, recorded 11 Jan 1836 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PF-C9RD-F?i=86&cat=366719 : accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[14] "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).