Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	14.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Jefferson Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	male

Individuals

Abraham Stubblefield

Recorded Names

Abraham Stubblefield 1

Associated Individuals

enslaved by Edward Colston (slaveholder, supporter of colonization, life member of the ACS) 8

facilitated by Benjamin Comegys (facilitator) 7

facilitated by Philip C. Pendleton (facilitator, supporter of colonization) 4 7

facilitated by James N. Riddle (facilitator, supporter of colonization) 6

Isaac Stubblefield (emigrant) (parent of Abraham Stubblefield) 8

Events

	Jefferson Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1829 1	View Event Details
ship's passage	Norfolk, Norfolk Co., Virginia (Origin)	Jan 1829 to unknown 1 2	View Event Details

Notes

No deed of manumission recorded in Berkeley County for the Stubblefields

Citations

[1] "Ship Harriet, Jan 1829", Subject File, 1792-1964, American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress; digital image, Fold3.com. Microfilm Reel 314 (https://www.fold3.com/image/46670279 : accessed 27 Jan 2021).
[2] "Expedition to Liberia." African Repository and Colonial Journal, Vol. 4, No. 11 (Jan 1829): 349.
[3] "Departure of the Ship Harriet." African Repository and Colonial Journal, Vol. 4, No. 12 (Feb/Mar 1829): 380.
[4] 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).
[5] 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).
[6] 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).
[7] 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).
[8] "[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).
[9] 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).