Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	12.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	male

Individuals

Dabney Minor

Recorded Names

Dabney Minor 1 2

Associated Individuals

enslaved by Martha Jefferson Minor (slaveholder) 1 2

Events

	Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1839 1 2	View Event Details
ship's passage	Norfolk, Norfolk Co., Virginia (Origin)	4 Aug 1839 to unknown 1 2	View Event Details

Notes

Ship list: "These are very smart boys & are to be placed with Enoch Shober".
Enoch Shober (age 50) and Nancy (age 45) his wife are emigrants on the ship list from Salem, North Carolina "emancipated by Mr. Shober".

Citations

[1] "Ship Saluda, 4 Aug 1839, 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/46669717 : accessed 7 Mar 2021).
[2] John McPhail (Norfolk, Virginia) to S. Wilkerson (Washington City), letter, 14 Nov 1839; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 31; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27400936: accessed 7 Mar 2021).