List of Alabama slave traders
This is a list of slave traders working in Alabama from settlement until 1865:
- Anderson, Alabama[1]
- David Avery, Alabama[2]
- Barnard & Howard, Montgomery, Ala.[3]
- Bates, Virginia and Mobile, Ala.[4]
- Robert Booth, Richmond and Alabama[5]
- Britton Atkins, Blountsville and Montgomery, Ala.[6]
- James Cooper, Montgomery, Ala.[7]
- William Cooper, Alabama[8]
- Samuel J. Dawson, Natchez,[9] Washington, D.C. and Alabama[10]
- Green Dennis, Mobile, Alabama[11]
- Deupree & Williams, Greensboro, Ala.[12]
- John Ferman, Alabama[13]
- John Foster, Alabama[14]
- Benjamin Gaines, Alabama[7]
- T. Glen, Huntsville, Ala.[15]
- John Goodin, Randolph County, Ala.[16]
- John Gordon, Alabama[17]
- Frederick A. Hall, Mobile, Ala.[18][19]
- Harris, Alabama[20]
- Mason Harwell, Montgomery, Ala.[21]
- Julius Hich, Alabama[22]
- Hill & Hartwell, Montgomery, Ala.[23]
- Waddy I. Jackson, Alabama[4]
- Isaac Jarratt, Huntsville, Ala.[24][25][15]
- Fred. Jones & Co., Huntsville[26]
- Lavon & Foster, Montgomery, Ala.[27]
- John W. Lindsey, Montgomery, Ala.[23]
- Manor, Alabama[28]
- Mason & Howard, Montgomery, Ala.[3]
- John McCleskey, Mobile, Ala.[29]
- John McKane, North Carolina and Alabama[30]
- J. M. McKee, Girard, Ala.[31]
- James Moore, Virginia and Alabama[32]
- Powell & Co., Montgomery, Ala.[3]
- Thomas A. Powell, Louisville, Ky. and Montgomery, Ala.[33][34] and St. Louis,[35] and New Orleans
- Ragland, Mobile, Ala.[36]
- Joel Rimes, Maryland and Alabama[37]
- William H. Robertson, Mobile, Ala.[38]Is
- A. J. Rux, Alabama[39]
- Sharp, Montgomery, Ala.[40]
- Belthazer Tardy, Mobile, Ala.[41]
- Weatherly and Donald, Alabama[42]
- Anderson West, Marion County, Ala.[43]
- Wetherby, Prairie Bluff, Ala.[44]
- Williamson & Puryear, Montgomery, Ala.[23]
- Jack Willison, Maryland and Alabama[45]
- John Woodden, Virginia and Alabama[46]
- James Worth, Alabama[17]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "$100 Reward". Fayetteville Weekly Observer. 1843-03-01. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
- ^ a b c "Another Modern Building Will Occupy Site of Former Slave Depot". The Montgomery Times. 1916-03-28. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
- ^ a b "Was committed to the jail". The Independent Monitor. 1840-07-24. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ Colby (2024), p. 100.
- ^ Sellers (2015), p. 159.
- ^ a b "Runaway in Jail". Cahawba Democrat. 1837-08-12. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
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- ^ "NOTICE". The Weekly Democrat. 1828-03-22. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ^ "Cash in Market and Negroes Wanted, Samuel J. Dawson". Daily National Intelligencer and Washington Express. 1830-08-12. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ Johanesen, Harry (1968-07-26). "George Dennis -- won freedom, riches". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 14. Retrieved 2024-04-20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fire". Alabama Beacon. 1860-01-06. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
- ^ "Committed". The Weekly Advertiser. 1852-02-17. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
- ^ "Runaways in Jail". Vicksburg Whig. 1860-11-14. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
- ^ a b "NEGROES WANTED". Carolina Watchman. 1834-06-14. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
- ^ "Randolph County, Alabama, Sixty Two Years Ago The Red Man's Home, The White Man's Eden 1894-1896".
- ^ a b Friedman (2017), p. 166.
- ^ "The Late Fire in Mobile". The Courier-Journal. 1860-03-20. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ^ "NEGROES! NEGROES!!!". Mobile Daily Advertiser. 1844-11-13. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "Committed". The Democrat. 1849-04-11. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
- ^ Bancroft (2023), p. 296.
- ^ "Committed to the Jail". Flag of the Union. 1835-08-29. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
- ^ a b c Sellers (2015), p. 156.
- ^ Colby, Robert (2023). "Chapter 11: Waiting for Fevers to Abate: The Contagion and Fear in the Domestic Slave Trade". In Cooper, Mandy L.; Popp, Andrew (eds.). Business of Emotions in Modern History. London: Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 219–239. doi:10.5040/9781350268876.ch-11. ISBN 978-1-3502-6249-2. OCLC 1294194709.
- ^ "Isaac Jarratt papers, 1832-1979. – African American Documentary Resources". 2009-10-12. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ "Fred. Jones & Co. - Alabama Slave Trade". The Democrat. 1824-04-06. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
- ^ "Committed". The Autauga Citizen. 1853-02-10. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
- ^ "Committed". The Democrat. Huntsville, Alabama. 1836-02-24. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
- ^ John McCleakey - 1861 - Mobile, Alabama, USA - Slave Dealer, cor Royal and Adams - Mobile, Alabama, City Directory, 1861
- ^ "Committed to jail of Mobile county". The Independent Monitor. 1841-11-17. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ^ "Likely Negroes for Sale". Weekly Columbus Enquirer. 1852-12-28. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
- ^ "Jailor's Notice". The Democrat. 1846-12-23. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
- ^ Bancroft (2023), p. 295.
- ^ "Negroes for Sale". Southern Statesman. 1860-10-27. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
- ^ "Negroes Wanted and Boarded". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1847-05-06. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ Colby (2024), p. 80.
- ^ "Committed to the jail of Blount County". The Democrat. 1837-06-27. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
- ^ Sellers (2015), p. 155.
- ^ Colby (2024), p. 37.
- ^ "Committed to Jail". Tuskegee Republican. 1853-12-15. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
- ^ Bancroft (2023), p. 299.
- ^ "Murder". Alabama Beacon. Greensboro, Alabama. 1858-01-22. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
- ^ "History of Mason and Perry County, from 1817 to 1835". The Marion Times-Standard. 1886-03-10. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
- ^ "Murder in Wilcox". The Cahaba Gazette. 1858-01-15. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ^ "Peter and Dilsey Williams". The Charleston Mercury. 1836-04-01. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
- ^ "Committed to the Jail of Autauga County". The Weekly Advertiser. 1851-07-02. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
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