Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Location Type	county
Located In	Virginia

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Locations

Cabell Co., Virginia

became a West Virginia county in 1863

Events

	Rev. Charles L. Roffe (facilitator) Sampson Sanders (emancipator, slaveholder)	1849 1 2 3	View Event Details

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.