Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Location Type	district
Located In	United States

View a Chart of Emigrations by Year

Locations

Washington, D.C.

Sub-Locations

Events

Samuel D. Baker (slaveholder, emancipator)	10	View Event Details
William G. Saunders (slaveholder)	4	View Event Details
John Watts (emigrant)	circa 1830 1	View Event Details
Hansen Leipor (emigrant) Elizabeth Matthews (emigrant) Richard Matthews (emigrant) Catharine Moore (emigrant) James Moore (emigrant) James Moore (emigrant) Nancy Moore (emigrant) Sarah Moore (emigrant) Thomas Moore (emigrant) Jane Woodland (emigrant) John Woodland (emigrant) Sopphira Woodland (emigrant)	circa 1832 2	View Event Details
Ann Brown (emigrant) Ann Brown (emigrant) Charles Brown (emigrant) Elizabeth Brown (emigrant) George Brown (emigrant) James Brown (emigrant) James E. Brown (emigrant) Joseph Brown (emigrant) Mary Jane Brown (emigrant)	circa 1833 3	View Event Details
Alice Saunders (emigrant) Charlotte Saunders (emigrant) Daniel Saunders (emigrant) George Saunders (emigrant) Harry Saunders (emigrant) Winford Saunders (emigrant)	circa 1844 4	View Event Details
Edward Hall (slaveholder)	22 Oct 1846 11	View Event Details
Catharine Watts (emigrant) Eliza Watts (emigrant) John Francis Watts (emigrant) Susan Watts (emigrant) Susannah Watts (emigrant) William Watts (emigrant)	circa 1850 5	View Event Details
Daniel Beams (emigrant) Francis Beams (emigrant)	circa 1852 7	View Event Details
Thomas H. Prater (emigrant)	circa 1852 6	View Event Details
John R. Freeman (emigrant)	circa 1860 8 9	View Event Details

Citations

[1] "Brig Montgomery, 30 Apr 1830", 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/46670292 : accessed 30 Jan 2021).
[2] "Brig American, Aug 1832, Norfolk, Virginia", 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/46670347 : accessed 17 Feb 2021).
[3] "Brig Argus, Dec 1833", 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/46670415 : accessed 18 Feb 2021).
[4] "Ship Virginia, 14 Jun 1844, Norfolk, Virginia", 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/46669764 : accessed 7 Mar 2021).
[5] "Liberia Packet, 21 Dec 1850, Baltimore, Maryland", 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/46669884 : accessed 18 Mar 2021).
[6] "Barque Ralph Cross, 1 May 1852, Baltimore, Maryland", 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/46669939 : accessed 19 Mar 2021).
[7] "Barque Linda Stewart, 27 Nov 1852, Norfolk, Virginia", 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/46669962 : accessed 19 Mar 2021).
[8] "List of Emigrants, Per Ship M. C. Stevens, From Baltimore, April 21, and Savannah, May 2, 1860." African Repository, Vol. 36, No. 5 (May 1860): 140.
[9] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 21 Apr 1860, Baltimore, Maryland, 2 May 1860, Savannah, Georgia", 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/31879168 : accessed 25 Mar 2021).
[10] J. T. Hargrave (Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., Virginia) to William McLain (Washington City, D.C.), letter, 27/28 Oct 1845; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 47; (: accessed 19 Sep 2022).
[11] Edward Hall (Washington) to James Hall (Baltimore, Maryland), letter, 22 Oct 1846; "II. Correspondence Received, A. Letter Books"; Papers of the Maryland State Colonization Society, Maryland Historical Society, digital image, Maryland State Archives, Microfilm Reel 5; (http://mdhistory.msa.maryland.gov/msa_sc5977/scm013228/html/msa_sc5977_scm13228-0610.html: accessed 25 Sep 2022).