Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Event Type
Date	circa 1856
Count of People Involved	7

Events

532: 1856~, emigration

Associated Individuals

primary participant	Ann Eliza Cooper (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	Charles Cooper (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	Charlotte Cooper (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	James Cooper (emigrant)	Enslaved
primary participant	John Cooper (emigrant)	Enslaved
primary participant	Mary Cooper (emigrant)	Enslaved
primary participant	William Cooper (emigrant)	Enslaved

Locations

Destination	Liberia
Origin	Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., Virginia

Citations

[1] "Ship Elvira Owen, 13 May 1856, Baltimore, Maryland, 20 May 1856, Savannah, Georgia", 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/46670140 : accessed 20 Mar 2021).
[2] "List of Emigrants by the Ship Elvira Owen, From Norfolk May 13th, and Savannah May 20th, 1856" African Repository, Vol. 32, No. 8 (Aug 1856): 248.