Virginia Emigrants to Liberia Database
Abstract
From 1820 to 1865, the state of Virginia sent more emigrants to the newly-created independent African republic of Liberia than any other U.S. state. A 2007 book by historian Marie Tyler-McGraw, recounting Virginia's participation in the Liberian colonization movement, led to a collaboration in which two related databases were placed online under the auspices of the Virginia Center for Digital History: a database of 3,700 emigrants and one of 250 emancipators. Stories, timelines and other resources are included on the site as well.
http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/liberia/index.php?page=Virginia%20Emigrants%20To%20LiberiatypeDemographic |
sourceGovernment |
keywordcolonialeconomics environment immigration population resource |
countryLiberia |