Draft:List of Georgia slave traders
This is a list of slave traders working in the U.S. state of Georgia from 1776 until 1865:
- Austin, Georgia and Virginia[1]
- A. K. Ayer, Columbus, Ga.[2]
- Thomas Bagby, Macon, Ga.[3]
- William K. Bagby, Atlanta, Ga.[4]
- Robert Beasley, Macon, Ga.[5]
- Bebee, Atlanta, Ga.[6]
- Blount & Dawson, Savannah[7]
- Alexander Bryan, Savannah[8]
- Joseph Bryan, Savannah[7]
- Busster, Georgia[9]
- Redmond Bunn, Macon, Ga.[10]
- Curtiss Carroll, Georgia[11]
- Robert M. Clarke, Atlanta, Ga.[12][13][14]
- Amaziah Cobb, Georgia[15]
- Joseph M. Cooper, Macon, Ga.[5][16]
- W. S. Cothron, Floyd, Ga.[17]
- Crawford, Frazer & Co., Atlanta, Ga., principals Robert Crawford, Addison D. Frazer, and Thomas Lafayette Frazer[12]
- Milledge Durham and William Brightwell, Georgia[18]
- Fields & Gresham, Atlanta, Ga.[12]
- Theophilus Freeman, Georgia, Virginia, and New Orleans[19]
- George Griffin, Georgia[20]
- S. H. Griffin, Atlanta[21]
- Henry C. Halcomb, Atlanta, Ga.[4]
- George Harris, Georgia[22]
- Charles S. Harrison, Columbus, Ga.[23][2]
- W. H. Henderson, Atlanta, Ga.[12]
- W. C. Hewitt, Macon, Ga.[24]
- Inman, Cole & Co., Atlanta, Ga.[12]
- Jones & Robinson, Georgia[25]
- Jerrome, Danbury, Ga.[26]
- Jesse Kirby and John Kirby, Virginia and Georgia[27]
- Lowe & Simmons, Columbus, Ga.[28]
- McRiley, Georgia[29]
- Meinhard brothers, Savannah[7]
- John S. Montmollin, Savannah[8]
- Dick Mulhundro, Virginia and Georgia[30]
- Myers & Thomas, Columbus, Ga.[31]
- Thomas Napier, Macon, Ga.[5]
- Jack Nickols, Georgia and Alabama[32]
- George Nixon, Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama[33]
- G. H. Noel, Macon, Ga.[5]
- James G. Noel, Macon, Ga.[3]
- Joe Norris, Georgia (?)[34]
- Nowland, Virginia and Georgia[35]
- A. J. Orr and D. W. Orr, Macon, Ga.[36]
- Edward A. Parker, Macon, Ga.[37]
- W. R. Phillips, Macon, Ga.[5]
- George I. Pitts, Columbus, Ga.[23]
- Ephraim G. Ponder, Thomasville, Ga.[38]
- James Ponder
- John G. Ponder
- William G. Ponder
- Annie Poore, Georgia[39]
- Zachariah A. Rice, Atlanta, Ga.[40]
- Robinson, South Carolina and Georgia[41]
- John Robinson, Georgia[25]
- E. H. Simmons, Virginia and Georgia[42]
- B. D. Smith, Atlanta, Ga.[12]
- G. F. Stubbs, Macon, Ga.[5]
- Henry Teuker, Virginia and Georgia[43]
- John Thornton, South Carolina and Dalton, Ga.[44]
- N. C. Trowbridge, Augusta, Ga. & Hamburg, S.C.[45]
- Wadkins, Virginia and Georgia[46]
- Mat Warner, Virginia and Georgia[47]
- William Watkins, Atlanta, Ga.[40]
- Weatherby, Augusta, Ga.[48]
- Winston & Dixon, Georgia[49]
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- ^ a b "Thirty Dollars Reward". The Independent Monitor. 1847-12-30. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
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- ^ "Horrid Outrage". The North-Carolina Star. 1834-05-15. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
- ^ "Negroes for Sale". Weekly Columbus Enquirer. 1851-12-30. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
- ^ "Rev. Samuel Blackwell looking for his father-in-law Gilbert Grant · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "Lucinda Keys looking for her children Albert and Margaret Carpenter · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "Twenty-Five Dollars Reward". The Weekly Telegraph. 1846-04-07. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
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- ^ "Runaway in Jail". Richmond Enquirer. 1845-06-03. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
- ^ "Rachel Emanuel searching for her brothers Columbus and Alex Jones · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ "Fanny White (formerly Fanny Nowland) looking for her parents Ben and Silvey Nowland and sister Paise Nowland · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
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- ^ "$20 Reward". The Weekly Mississippian. 1848-05-05. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- ^ "Brought to Jail in Bibb County". The Weekly Telegraph. 1850-09-10. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
- ^ "James Hayes seeking his father Spring Hayes and mother Charity Hayes · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "J. A. Dunigan seeking their mother Margaret and brother Bennie · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ "Negroes! Negroes!! For Sale". The Daily Constitutionalist and Republic. 1847-09-29. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
- ^ "Jailor's Notice". Weekly Raleigh Register. 1839-04-20. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
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