List of Texas slave traders

This is a list of slave traders operating within the present-day boundaries of Texas before 1865, including the eras of Spanish Texas (before 1821), Mexican Texas (1821–1836), the Republic of Texas (1836–1846), and antebellum U.S. and Confederate Texas (1846–1865).

• Tom Banks, Richmond and Texas[1]
• Daniel Berry, Tennessee and Texas[2]
• James Bowie, Galveston[3]
• John Bowie, Galveston[3]
• Rezin Bowie, Galveston[3]
• Louis de Aury, Galveston[4]
• Manuel de Herrera, Galveston[4]
• Monroe Edwards, San Leon County and Africa[5]
• James Walker Fannin, Texas and Cuba[6]
• Louis de Aury, Galveston[4]
• Manuel de Herrera, Galveston[4]
• Galbert, Texas[7]
• Jose Gamden, Texas and Tennessee[8]
• Pierre Lafitte and Jean Lafitte[9]
• Thomas McKinney, Quintana and Galveston[5]
• Leander McNeil, Brazos River and Africa[5]
• Plesant McNeil, Brazos River and Africa[5]
• Sterling McNeil, Brazos River and Africa[5]
• Xavier Mina, Galveston[4]
• Moro and Coigly, Sabine River[10]
• C. M. Rutherford, New Orleans and Houston[11]
• Benjamin Fort Smith, Brazos River and Africa[5]
• James Vanclevy, Charleston and Texas[12]
• Vanhook, Tennessee[13]
• Henry Vanhusen, Mississippi and Texas[14]

See also

• List of slave traders of the United States
• History of slavery in Texas
• List of Alabama slave traders
• 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
• List of Tennessee 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. "Susan Fearce looking for her parents Ben and Lucinda and her siblings · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
2. "Eadie Tolson (formerly Eadie Dickens) seeking her sons John Chesterfield and William Henry · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
3. Robbins (1971), p. 156.
4. Robbins (1971), p. 155.
5. Robbins (1971), p. 158.
6. Robbins (1971), pp. 157–158.
7. "Runaway Negro". Bossier Banner-Progress. 1860-05-11. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
8. "Sarah Ann Lewis seeking her father August Brown and siblings · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
9. "African Americans of Galveston - Images of America". Galveston Historical Foundation. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
10. Robbins (1971), pp. 158–159.
11. "Rice C. Ballard Papers, 1822-1888". finding-aids.lib.unc.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
12. "Ellen Douglass searching for her brother George Irvin · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
13. "Ellen Douglass searching for her brother George Irvin · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
14. "Anthony Echoles searching for his mother Julia Echoles, two brothers, and sister · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.

Sources

• Robbins, Fred (October 1971). "The Origin and Development of the African Slave Trade in Galveston, Texas, and Surrounding Areas from 1816 to 1836". East Texas Historical Journal. 9 (2). ISSN 0424-1444.