Adams, Hugh
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1793 - 1858
Biography
Hugh Adams was a landowner, farmer, and slaveholder in the vicinity of Brownsburg, Rockbridge County, Va. He was a member and proponent of the American Colonization Society, the national organization promoting the emmigration of free African - Americans to Liberia.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Hugh Adams's Will, 1860
File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000004537], Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Manuscript copy of the will of Hugh Adams. Adams was a supporter of the American Colonization Society. Within his will, Adams settles his estate and specifically outlines his plan for emancipating his slaves and for funding their imposed emigration to Liberia.
Dates:
1860
User copies
File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000004537], Folder: 1-2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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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- Subject: Will X
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- Slavery -- Emancipation 1