List of Alabama slave traders

Map of Alabama in 1822

This is a list of slave traders working in Alabama from settlement until 1865:

• Anderson, Alabama[1]
• Britton Atkins, Blountsville and Montgomery, Ala.[2]
• David Avery, Alabama[3]
• Barnard & Howard, Montgomery, Ala.[4]
• Bates, Virginia and Mobile, Ala.[5]
• Robert Booth, Richmond and Alabama[6]
• David Cobb, Huntsville, Lexington, Ky. and Mississippi[7]
• James Cooper, Montgomery, Ala.[8]
• William Cooper, Alabama[9]
• Samuel J. Dawson, Natchez,[10] Washington, D.C. and Alabama[11]
• Green Dennis, Mobile, Alabama[12]
• Deupree & Williams, Greensboro, Ala.[13]
• John Ferman, Alabama[14]
• John Foster, Alabama[15]
• Benjamin Gaines, Alabama[8]
• T. Glen, Huntsville, Ala.[16]
• John Goodin, Randolph County, Ala.[17]
• John Gordon, Alabama[18]
• Frederick A. Hall, Mobile, Ala.[19][20]
• Harris, Alabama[21]
• Mason Harwell, Montgomery, Ala.[22]
• Julius Hich, Alabama[23]
• Hill & Hartwell, Montgomery, Ala.[24]
• Waddy I. Jackson, Alabama[5]
• Isaac Jarratt, Huntsville, Ala.[25][26][16]
• Fred. Jones & Co., Huntsville[27]
• Lavon & Foster, Montgomery, Ala.[28]
• John W. Lindsey, Montgomery, Ala.[24]
• Manor, Alabama[29]
• Mason & Howard, Montgomery, Ala.[4]
• John McCleskey, Mobile, Ala.[30]
• John McKane, North Carolina and Alabama[31]
• D. McKay, North Carolina and Alabama[32]
• J. M. McKee, Girard, Ala.[33]
• James Moore, Virginia and Alabama[34]
• Powell & Co., Montgomery, Ala.[4]
• Thomas A. Powell, Louisville, Ky. and Montgomery, Ala.[35][36] and St. Louis,[37] and New Orleans
• Ragland, Mobile, Ala.[38]
• Joel Rimes, Maryland and Alabama[39]
• William H. Robertson, Mobile, Ala.[40]Is
• A. J. Rux, Alabama[41]
• Sharp, Montgomery, Ala.[42]
• Belthazer Tardy, Mobile, Ala.[43]
• Watley, near Auburn[44]
• Weatherly and Donald, Alabama[45]
• Anderson West, Marion County, Ala.[46]
• Wetherby, Prairie Bluff, Ala.[47]
• Williamson & Puryear, Montgomery, Ala.[24]
• Jack Willison, Maryland and Alabama[48]
• John Woodden, Virginia and Alabama[49]
• James Worth, Alabama[18]

See also

• History of slavery in Alabama
• List of slave traders of the United States
• List of District of Columbia slave traders
• List of Georgia and Florida slave traders
• List of Kentucky slave traders
• List of Maryland and Delaware slave traders
• List of Missouri slave traders
• Family separation in American slavery
• List of largest slave sales in the United States
• Movement to reopen the transatlantic slave trade
• Kidnapping into slavery in the United States
• Bibliography of the slave trade in the United States
• Slave markets and slave jails in the United States

References

1. "$40 Reward". The Weekly Advertiser. 1852-05-11. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
2. Sellers (2015), p. 159.
3. "$100 Reward". Fayetteville Weekly Observer. 1843-03-01. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
4. "Another Modern Building Will Occupy Site of Former Slave Depot". The Montgomery Times. 1916-03-28. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
5. "Was committed to the jail". The Independent Monitor. 1840-07-24. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
6. Colby (2024), p. 100.
7. "CONTENTdm". digital.archives.alabama.gov. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
8. "Runaway in Jail". Cahawba Democrat. 1837-08-12. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
9. "A memorial and biographical history of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell counties, Texas : containing a history of this important section of the great state ... v.2". HathiTrust. p. 735. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
10. "NOTICE". The Weekly Democrat. 1828-03-22. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
11. "Cash in Market and Negroes Wanted, Samuel J. Dawson". Daily National Intelligencer and Washington Express. 1830-08-12. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
12. Johanesen, Harry (1968-07-26). "George Dennis -- won freedom, riches". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 14. Retrieved 2024-04-20 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Fire". Alabama Beacon. 1860-01-06. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
14. "Committed". The Weekly Advertiser. 1852-02-17. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
15. "Runaways in Jail". Vicksburg Whig. 1860-11-14. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
16. "NEGROES WANTED". Carolina Watchman. 1834-06-14. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
17. "Randolph County, Alabama, Sixty Two Years Ago The Red Man's Home, The White Man's Eden 1894-1896".
18. Friedman (2017), p. 166.
19. "The Late Fire in Mobile". The Courier-Journal. 1860-03-20. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
20. "NEGROES! NEGROES!!!". Mobile Daily Advertiser. 1844-11-13. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
21. "Committed". The Democrat. 1849-04-11. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
22. Bancroft (2023), p. 296.
23. "Committed to the Jail". Flag of the Union. 1835-08-29. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
24. Sellers (2015), p. 156.
25. 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.
26. "Isaac Jarratt papers, 1832-1979. – African American Documentary Resources". 2009-10-12. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
27. "Fred. Jones & Co. - Alabama Slave Trade". The Democrat. 1824-04-06. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
28. "Committed". The Autauga Citizen. 1853-02-10. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
29. "Committed". The Democrat. Huntsville, Alabama. 1836-02-24. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
30. John McCleakey - 1861 - Mobile, Alabama, USA - Slave Dealer, cor Royal and Adams - Mobile, Alabama, City Directory, 1861
31. "Committed to jail of Mobile county". The Independent Monitor. 1841-11-17. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
32. "A negro trader names D. McKay". The Evansville Daily Journal. 1859-01-27. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
33. "Likely Negroes for Sale". Weekly Columbus Enquirer. 1852-12-28. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
34. "Jailor's Notice". The Democrat. 1846-12-23. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
35. Bancroft (2023), p. 295.
36. "Negroes for Sale". Southern Statesman. 1860-10-27. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
37. "Negroes Wanted and Boarded". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1847-05-06. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
38. Colby (2024), p. 80.
39. "Committed to the jail of Blount County". The Democrat. 1837-06-27. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
40. Sellers (2015), p. 155.
41. Colby (2024), p. 37.
42. "Committed to Jail". Tuskegee Republican. 1853-12-15. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
43. Bancroft (2023), p. 299.
44. "Homicide in Alabama". Alexandria Gazette. 1847-12-03. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
45. "Murder". Alabama Beacon. Greensboro, Alabama. 1858-01-22. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
46. "History of Mason and Perry County, from 1817 to 1835". The Marion Times-Standard. 1886-03-10. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
47. "Murder in Wilcox". The Cahaba Gazette. 1858-01-15. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
48. "Peter and Dilsey Williams". The Charleston Mercury. 1836-04-01. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
49. "Committed to the Jail of Autauga County". The Weekly Advertiser. 1851-07-02. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-06-21.

Sources

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• Friedman, Saul (2017). Jews and the American Slave Trade. Routledge. ISBN 9781351510769.
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