Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Event Type
Date	circa 1853
Count of People Involved	14

Events

478: 1853~, emigration

Associated Individuals

primary participant	Jesse H. Boswell (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	Mary E. Boswell (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	Rachel Boswell (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	Sarah F. Boswell (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	William Boswell (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	William B. Boswell (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	Celia A. Cooper (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	Eliza Cooper (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	Henry Cooper (emigrant)	Enslaved
primary participant	Jesse R. Cooper (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	Nancy Faulk (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	Isaac Truss (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	David Wiles (emigrant)	Free
primary participant	Martha Wiles (emigrant)	Free

Locations

Destination	Liberia
Origin	Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., Virginia

Citations

[1] "Ship Banshee, 25 Apr 1853, Baltimore, Maryland, 30 Apr 1853, 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/46669980 : accessed 19 Mar 2021).