In four trips between November 1866 and May 1868, the Golconda brought a total of 1,878 emigrants, 677 of whom went to Bassa, 282 to Sinoe, 208 to Cape Palmas, and the rest to Montserrado County.
Although population estimates for Grand Bassa are not available for later in this period, the county seems to have retained the second place position after Montserrado. It received about 36 percent of the passengers brought out by the Golconda, one of the few large vessels operated by the ACS during this period.
Footnote: ACS Fiftieth Annual Report, 1867, pp. 10-12; ACS Fifty-Second Annual Report, 1869, pp. 7-8, 10; ACS Fifty-Fourth Annual Report, 1871, pp. 9-10; Cassell, 1970, pp. 250, 264; Liberia, 1848, p. 16; also Huberich, 1947, pp. 638, 649-650, 819; Williams, 1878, p. 50; Sullivan, 1978-79, p. 84.
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