List of Maryland slave traders
This is a list of slave traders working in Maryland from 1776 until 1865:
- David Anderson, Kentucky[1] and Baltimore (?)[2]
- Joseph Bush, Salisbury, Md.[3]
- Bernard M. Campbell, Walter L. Campbell, and relations, Baltimore[4] and New Orleans,[5]
- Col. Benjamin Chambers, Baltimore[6]
- George Davis, Maryland[7]
- John N. Denning, Baltimore[8][9][10][11]
- Charles Dickinson, Maryland, Tennessee, and Louisiana[12]
- Jilson Dove, Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland[13][14]
- Joseph S. Donovan, Baltimore[15][16][17][18][10]
- Green Harris Duke, Frederick, Md.[19][20][21] and Georgia[22] (affiliate of Theophilus Freeman of Georgia)[23]
- Henry Fairbanks, Baltimore[16]
- Gordan or Gordon, Maryland and Mississippi[24]
- E. Guyton, Baltimore[13]
- William Harker, Baltimore[25] and Dorchester, Md.[26]
- O. C. and S. Y. Harris, Upper Marlboro, Md.[27]
- A. E. Jones, Talbott County, Md.[1]
- Legg & Williams, Annapolis, Md.[28]
- F. McCann, Hagerstown, Md.[29]
- Mass or Marcy Fountain, Caroline County, Maryland[30][31] and Delaware[32]
- George Kephart, Maryland, Virginia, District of Columbia[33]
- James Franklin Purvis (and Isaac F. Purvis), Baltimore[33]
- Roberson, Maryland and South Carolina[34]
- Lewis Scott, Baltimore[35]
- Henry F. Slatter, Baltimore and New Orleans[36]
- Hope H. Slatter, Baltimore[36]
- Jack Willison, Maryland and Alabama[37]
- Mr. Thompson, Baltimore and the lands of the Cherokee nation[38]
- J. M. Wilson, Baltimore and New Orleans[16]
- Lewis Winters, Baltimore[26]
- Austin Woolfolk, Baltimore[39]
- Joseph B. Woolfolk, Eastern Shore, Maryland, and Natchez[40][41]
- Samuel Martin Woolfolk, Baltimore, New Orleans, and Natchez[42][41]
- C. A. Yeats, Port Tobacco, Md.[43]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Calderhead (1977), p. 202.
- ^ Schermerhorn (2016), p. 219.
- ^ "Mail Agent". Daily Republican. 1866-10-01. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
- ^ Bancroft (2023), pp. 316–317.
- ^ Maurie D. McInnis (2013). "Mapping the Slave Trade in Richmond and New Orleans". Buildings & Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum. 20 (2): 102. doi:10.5749/buildland.20.2.0102. S2CID 160472953.
- ^ "Was committed to the jail of Henrico as a runaway". Richmond Enquirer. 1826-03-24. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ^ "Race and Slavery Petitions, Digital Library on American Slavery". dlas.uncg.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ Sherwin, Oscar (1945). "Trading in Negroes". Negro History Bulletin. 8 (7): 160–166. ISSN 0028-2529. JSTOR 44214396.
- ^ Stowe (1853), p. 345.
- ^ a b "Seeing the Unseen: Baltimore's slave trade". Baltimore Sun. Photographs by Amy Davis. 2022-05-04. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "John M. Denning". Evening star. 1925-04-05. p. 73. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
- ^ "In the neglected private graveyard..." New Castle News. 1883-05-23. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
- ^ a b "American Papers". Caernarfon and Denbigh Herald. 1832-04-14. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ^ Genius of Universal Emancipation. B. Lundy. 1833. p. 128.
- ^ Worth, Perk (1878-09-10). "Slave Prisons". Bedford County Press and Everett Press. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
- ^ a b c "cash for negroes". The Baltimore Sun. 1860-01-17. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
- ^ Messick, Richard F. "Site of Donovan Eutaw St. Slave Jail - Site where the business of slavery once took place". Explore Baltimore Heritage. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
- ^ "For sale". The Baltimore Sun. 1847-11-25. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
- ^ "Case file 105-018: Finnall vs Freeman, 1838–1844". City of Fredericksburg Circuit Court Archive. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
- ^ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD4F-ZXN : Sat Mar 09 00:39:21 UTC 2024), Entry for Green H Duke and Elizabeth Duke, 1850.
- ^ Washington National Intelligencer 28 Dec 1833, Washington, Washington-DC, USA pg 3
- ^ "Warren Co.NC THE COLONIAL PERIOD_Harris_1". www.ncgenweb.us. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
- ^ "The federal union. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1830-1861, April 24, 1833, Image 1 « Georgia Historic Newspapers". gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
- ^ "Affray and murder". Cherokee Phoenix, and Indians' Advocate. 1829-09-23. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ^ "The Baltimore Sun 14 Nov 1843, page 4". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
- ^ a b Stowe (1853), p. 354.
- ^ "Negroes wanted". Port Tobacco Times and Charles County Advertiser. 1846-04-02. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
- ^ "Cash for Negroes, Legg & Williams". Maryland Gazette. 1830-05-20. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "F. McCann". The Torch Light And Public Advertiser. 1824-09-14. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ "Another Attempt at Kidnapping". Anti-Slavery Bugle. 1849-10-27. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
- ^ "Bridgetown". Caroline County Historical Society. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ^ "Samuel D. Burns letter". Anti-Slavery Bugle. 1848-07-14. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
- ^ a b Schipper, Martin, ed. (2002). A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Papers of the American Slave Trade, Part 1. Rice Ballard Papers, Series C: Selections from the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries (PDF). Lexis Nexis. pp. vii–viii. ISBN 1-55655-919-4.
- ^ "Ten Dollars Reward". The North-Carolina Star. 1811-05-17. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ^ Jay (1844), p. 33.
- ^ a b Williams (2020).
- ^ "Peter and Dilsey Williams". The Charleston Mercury. 1836-04-01. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
- ^ "Committed". Knoxville Register. 1823-06-20. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ^ Calderhead (1977), p. 195.
- ^ Calderhead (1977), p. 198.
- ^ a b "Negroes for Sale". Mississippi Gazette. 1829-11-14. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ Lindsey, William D. (2023-08-04). "Samuel Kerr Green (1790-1860): The Years Working on James Hopkins' Plantation in New Orleans, Early 1830s". Begats and Bequeathals. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
- ^ http://mdhistory.msa.maryland.gov/msaref09/msa_scm6824/pdf/msa_scm6824-0079.pdf
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