On February 14, 1850, 154 former slaves set sail for Sinou, Liberia from Savannah, Georgia aboard the Barque Chieftan. These 157 passengers had been emancipated by the will of Major Jacob Wood, of Darien, Georgia. Their names and family relationships were preserved in the list of passengers below, excerpted from the book The African Repository, digitized by Google Books. Accompanying them were 8 free African Americans and 5 former slaves which the American Colonization Society had purchased in Charleston, South Carolina.