Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	50.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	female
Legal Status	Enslaved

Individuals

Rachel Stubblefield

Recorded Names

Rachel 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) (spouse of Rachel Stubblefield) 8

Events

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

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).