Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Copyright and Citations


Citations

The original documents referenced in our dataset contain citations for a note or bibliography. Users can simply copy and paste the citation into their own document.

When citing the dataset itself, use:

Reference Note:

Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, “Virginia Emigrants to Liberia”, dataset, Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia ([URL] : accessed [day/month/year]).

Bibliography:

Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities. “Virginia Emigrants to Liberia”. Dataset. Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. [URL] : accessed [year].

Or, if you cited a commentary:

Reference Note:

Marie Tyler-McGraw, “Martha Ann Ricks: Domestic Patriot”, Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia ([URL] : accessed [day/month/year]).

Bibliography:

Tyler-McGraw, Marie. “Martha Ann Ricks: Domestic Patriot”. Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. [URL] : accessed [year].

Project style guide: Elizabeth Shown Mills, Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace. Third edition, revised. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2017.


Image Credits

Bassua Liberia

Robert K. Griffin. "Bassua Liberia/R.K.G." Painting. [ca. 1856]. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Digital image, Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/93504550/ : 2023.

the receptacle for emigrants

Amanda Smith. An Autobiography: The Story of the Lord's Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the Colored Evangelist. Chicago: Meyer & Brother Publishers, 1893. Digital image, Documenting the American South. https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/smitham/ill25.html : 2023. Illustration titled “The Receptacle for Emigrants, Monrovia”, p. 460.

Voyages

“The Liberia Packet-Ship, Mary Caroline Stevens.”. American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Subject file, microfilm reel 314. Digital image, Fold3.com. https://www.fold3.com/image/46671063 : 2023.

Cape Mount and Cape Mesurado

“Cape Mount and Cape Mesurado (Monrovia), Liberia, 1840s-1850s”. Drawings of Western Africa, University of Virginia Library Special Collections, Charlottesville, Virginia. MSS 14357, no. 28. Digital image, Slavery Images. http://www.slaveryimages.org/s/slaveryimages/item/3163 : 2023.

Settlements of the ACS

“Settlements of the American Colonization Society, Liberia, 1840s-1850s.” Drawings of Western Africa, University of Virginia Library Special Collections, Charlottesville, Virginia. MSS 14357, no. 29. Digital image, Slavery Images. http://www.slaveryimages.org/s/slaveryimages/item/3184 : 2023.

Barque Morgan Dix

"Barque Morgan Dix, 1 Nov 1851, Baltimore, Maryland". Ship list. American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Subject file, microfilm reel 314. Digital image, Fold3.com. https://www.fold3.com/image/46669914 : 2021.

Monrovia from Bushrod's Island

Wagnor & McGuigan. “Monrovia From Bushrod’s Island.” Lithograph, [1853]. Digital image, The Library Company of Philadelphia. https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A129418 : 2023.

Cooper's Wharf, Monrovia

Amanda Smith. An Autobiography: The Story of the Lord's Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the Colored Evangelist. Chicago: Meyer & Brother Publishers, 1893. Digital image, Documenting the American South. https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/smitham/ill8.html : 2023. Illustration titled “Cooper’s Wharf, Monrovia”, p. 332.

Monrovia, Liberia

Rev. Philip Slaughter. The Virginian History of African Colonization. Richmond: MacFarlane & Fergusson, 1855. Digital image, Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/virginianhistory00slauiala/page/n5/mode/1up : 2023. Illustration titled “Monrovia.”, cover.

A View of Bassa Cove

“A View of Bassa Cove (in Liberia.)”. Lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Digital image, Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/item/2003670327 : 2023.

William Grimes. Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave. New York: s.p., 1825. Digital image, Documenting the American South. http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/grimes25/grimes25.html : 2023.

Liberian Senate
Robert K. Griffin. “Liberian Senate”. Drawing. [ca. 1856]. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Digital image, Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/96521350/ : 2023.
Baptist Mission Station

Amanda Smith. An Autobiography: The Story of the Lord's Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the Colored Evangelist. Chicago: Meyer & Brother Publishers, 1893. Digital image, Documenting the American South. https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/smitham/ill20.html : 2023. Illustration titled “Baptist Mission Station, Liberia.”, p. 420.

Martha Ann Ricks

“[Liberian Portraits: Aunt Marth Rix]”. Photograph. [between 1870 and 1879]. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Digital image, Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2022886172 : 2023.

Emancipator Ann Randolph Page

Rev. Charles W. Andrews. Memoir of Mrs. Anne R. Page. Philadelphia: Herman Hooker, 1844. Digital image, Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/memoirofmrsanner00andr/page/n9/mode/2up : 2023. Engraving of painting by McCoughtry of Mrs. Anne R. Page, frontispiece.

Annfield in 2008

Deborah A. Lee. "Annfield, 2008". Photograph.

Cape Montserrado

D. McClelland. “[Cape Montserado]”. Engraving. [between 1840 and 1900]. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Digital image, Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2005689451/ : 2023.

St. Paul River

“St. Paul River, near Muhlenberg Mission, Liberia”. Photograph. [between 1895 and 1896]. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Digital image, Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/95505130/ : 2023.

Joseph Jenkins Roberts

Augustus Washington and Rufus Anson. “[Joseph Jenkins Roberts, half-length portrait, full face]. Photograph. [January 1854]. Daguerreotype collection, American Colonization Society Records, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Digital image, Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004664353/ : 2023.

Jane Roberts
Jane Roberts

Augustus Washington and Rufus Anson. “[Jane Roberts, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, full face]”. Photograph. [January 1854]. Daguerreotype collection, American Colonization Society Records, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Digital image, Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004664352/ : 2023.

The Presidential Mansion

Rev. Philip Slaughter. The Virginian History of African Colonization. Richmond: MacFarlane & Fergusson, 1855. Digital image, Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/virginianhistory00slauiala/page/n5/mode/1up : 2023. Illustration titled “President's House Monrovia.”, cover.

Cape Palmas, Edina, Bassa, Fishtown

Rev. Philip Slaughter. The Virginian History of African Colonization. Richmond: MacFarlane & Fergusson, 1855. Digital image, Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/virginianhistory00slauiala/page/n143/mode/1up : 2023. Illustration titled “Cape Palmas.”, cover.

President Robert's house, Monrovia

Wagnor & McGuigan. “President Robert’s House, Monrovia.” Lithograph, [1853]. Digital image, The Library Company of Philadelphia. https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A129416 : 2023.

Ashmun Street ca 1895

“Ashmun Street”. Photograph. [ca. 1895]. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Digital image, Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2001698170/ : 2023.