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Surnames/tags: Black_Heritage American_Colonization_Society
Introduction
This table is taken from the "Roll Of Emigrants That Have Been Sent To The Colony of Liberia, Western Africa, By the American Colonization Society and its Auxiliaries, To September, 1843, &c" and transcribed from “Information relative to the operations of the United States squadron on the west coast of Africa, the condition of the American colonies there, and the commerce of the United States therewith,” 28th Congress, 2d. Session, S. Doc. 150, serial 458.[1]
This group of 17 passengers left from Virginia and New York in Feb 1839.
Names | Age | State or place from which they emigrated | Free born or otherwise | Emancipated in view of emigrating to Liberia and by whom | Where located on their arrival in the colony | Extent of education | Profession | Date of death | Cause of death | Removed to what place | Removal date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Matthew Diggs | 50 | Virginia | – | Mr. Atkins | Millsburg | – | Farmer | ||||
Eve Diggs | 48 | do | – | do | do | – | |||||
Rebecca Diggs | 15 | do | – | do | do | – | |||||
Ellen Diggs | 10 | do | – | do | do | – | |||||
Martha Diggs | 13 | do | – | do | do | – | 1840 | Unknown | |||
Edmund Diggs | 16 | do | – | do | do | – | Farmer | ||||
Arthur Diggs | 12 | do | – | do | do | – | |||||
Samuel Diggs | 14 | do | – | do | do | – | Farmer | 1839 | Fever | ||
Eveline Diggs | 7 | do | – | do | do | – | |||||
Joseph Diggs | 6 | do | – | do | do | – | |||||
John Diggs | 5 | do | – | do | do | – | U. S. | 1839 | |||
Abraham Ducher | – | New York | – | – | do | – | |||||
Margaret Ducher | – | do | – | – | do | – | U. S. | 1842 | |||
Branster Diggs | 22 | – | – | – | do | – | |||||
Mary Ducher | 5 | – | – | do | – | 1839 | Fever | ||||
Ellen Ducher | 3 | New York | – | – | do | – | – | – | U. S. | 1842 | |
Thomas Blue | 70 | do | – | – | do | – | 1840 | Old age |
Sources
- ↑ Christine's African American Genealogy Website: https://ccharity.com/contents/roll-emigrants-have-been-sent-colony-liberia-western-africa/emigrants-to-liberia-ship-lists/shipsaluda04011839/
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