Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Event Type
Date	1849
Count of People Involved	43

Events

906: 1849, at known residence

Associated Individuals

primary participant	Rev. Charles L. Roffe (facilitator)
primary participant	Sampson Sanders (emancipator, slaveholder)

Associated Groups

primary participant	five families emancipated by Sampson Sanders' will (potential ACS emigrants)	primary participant

Locations

primary location	Cabell Co., Virginia

Citations

[1] William McLain (Washington) to Charles L. Roffe (Cabell Courthouse, Cabell Co., Virginia), letter, 20 Jul 1849; "Outgoing Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 189; (https://www.fold3.com/image/31429766: accessed 9 Jan 2023).
[2] Charles L. Roffe (Cabell Courthouse, Cabell Co., Virginia) to [unspecified] (n.p.), letter, 10 Jul 1849; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 59; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27408320: accessed 9 Jan 2023).
[3] Will of Sampson Sanders, Will Book 1: 391, signed n.d., recorded 9 Jul 1849.