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Title
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The Mariposa set sail for Liberia
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Description
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79 slaves were able to earn thier freedom from John McDonogh on the condition that they would emigrate to Liberia through the American Colonization Society (ACS). On the date, they left New Orleans on the Mariposa bound for Liberia after a stop in Norfolk. Twenty eight days later they arrived in Monrovia
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Date
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1842-06-09
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Is Part Of
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N/A
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Bibliographic Citation
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Wiley, B. I. (1980). Slaves No More : Letters From Liberia 1833-1869. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, Page(s) 117.
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Spatial Coverage
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United States
