Paxton emancipating enslaved people and sending them to Liberia

Title: Paxton emancipating enslaved people and sending them to Liberia
Description: Rev. J.D. Paxton, formerly pastor to College church, emancipated "7 or 8 [enslaved persons], mostly small" who were sent to Liberia
Event Type: Freedom status transaction: Emancipation
Keywords: Liberia
Action Status: Completed
Date: 1823
Date Certainty: Inferred
Location: Prince Edward County
Source: Paxton, J.D. "Letters on Slavery," Lexington, KY: Abraham T. Skillman, 1833, p. 4.
Enslaver: Reverend J. D. Paxton
Organization: College Church; Hampden-Sydney College
Source Resource: http://otg.hsc.edu/api/items/400
Source Site: http://otg.hsc.edu/s/on-these-grounds/page/welcome