American Colonization Society
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Custis family correspondence, 1822 - 1840
File — Box 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes individual or small collections of letters to the Custis, Lee, Davidson, McDowell, Reid, and Hale families. Subjects include the Custis family involvement in the American Colonization Society, John Brown's Raid as recounted by V.M.I. cadet Charles A. Davidson of Lexington, Va., Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee's life, Lee family genealogy, Anne Lee Marshall's death, the Markoe family of Baltimore, Md.,Edgar Allan Poe, and Washington College (Va.) history including a...
Dates:
1822 - 1840
Hugh Adams Papers
Digital Record
Identifier: WLUColl0373
Hugh Adams Papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000004537]
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0373
Scope and Contents
The Hugh Adams Papers archive is comprised of approximately 75 documents concerning the emancipation of nineteen slaves of the Adams estate and their estate imposed emigration to Careysburg, Liberia. Adams was actively involved for many years with the American Colonization Society ( A.C.S.) which promoted and engaged in the emigration process of free or freed African-Americans to Liberia on the west African coast. Included in the archive is an original handwritten copy of the will of Hugh...
Dates:
1857-1860
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- Archival Object 1
- Digital Record 1
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Antislavery movements 2
- Liberia 2
- Liberia -- Careysburg 2
- Virginia -- Brownsburg 2
- Free African Americans 1