Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Event Type
Date	circa 1856
Count of People Involved	18

Events

548: 1856~, emigration

Associated Individuals

primary participant	John Branch (emigrant)	Enslaved
primary participant	Dicy Fortune (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	Henry Fortune (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	Joseph James (emigrant)	Enslaved
primary participant	Ducy A. Logan (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	Jacob Logan (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	James Logan (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	Margaret Logan (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	Sarah Logan (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	Margaret Morris (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	William Morris (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	John Vines (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	Lydia Vines (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	Albert Woodson (emigrant)	Enslaved
primary participant	Harriet Woodson (emigrant)	Enslaved
primary participant	Harriet Woodson (emigrant)	Enslaved
primary participant	Henry Woodson (emigrant)	Enslaved
primary participant	Thomas Woodson (emigrant)	Enslaved

Locations

Destination	Liberia
Origin	Richmond, Henrico Co., Virginia

Notes

[a]
Albert may have been free. Check to see if there is a deed of manumission from F. Bransford in Richmond. Albert purchased his wife and children to go with him to Liberia

Citations

[1] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 4 Nov 1857, Baltimore, Maryland, 12 Nov 1857, Norfolk, Virginia", Outgoing Correspondence, 1839-1912, Letters from Liberia, 1843-1874, American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress; digital image, Fold3.com. Microfilm Reel 240 (https://www.fold3.com/image/31878273 : accessed 21 Mar 2021).
[2] "List of Emigrants by the Mary Caroline Stevens, 3d voyage, From Baltimore 2d November, and Norfolk the 12th of same month." African Repository, Vol. 33, No. 12 (Dec 1857): 355.