List of Alabama slave traders

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

Anderson, Alabama
D. S. Arnold, Montgomery
Britton Atkins, Blountsville and Montgomery, Ala.
David Avery, Alabama
Barnard & Howard, Montgomery, Ala.
Bates, Virginia and Mobile, Ala.
F. H. Bock, Montgomery
Robert Booth, Richmond and Alabama
Brown & Bulger, Montgomery
Samuel R. Browning, Montgomery
Cameron & Benson, Montgomery
David Cobb, Huntsville, Lexington, Ky. and Mississippi
James Cooper, Montgomery, Ala.
William Cooper, Alabama
Samuel J. Dawson, Natchez, Washington, D.C. and Alabama
Green Dennis, Mobile, Alabama
Deupree & Williams, Greensboro, Ala.
John Ferman, Alabama
John Foster, Alabama
Benjamin Gaines, Alabama
Gilmer & Co., Montgomery
T. Glen, Huntsville, Ala.
John Goodin, Randolph County, Ala.
John Gordon, Alabama
W. A. Grant, Montgomery
Gray James & Co.
Frederick A. Hall, Mobile, Ala.
Hansford, Brame & Co., Montgomery
Harris, Alabama
Mason Harwell, Montgomery, Ala.
Julius Hich, Alabama
Buck Hicks, Goochland Co., Va. and Alabama
Hill & Hartwell, Montgomery, Ala.
Waddy I. Jackson, Alabama
Isaac Jarratt, Huntsville, Ala.
Fred. Jones & Co., Huntsville
Lavon & Foster, Montgomery, Ala.
Lee & Norton, Montgomery
W. G. Lee & N. M. Carter, Montgomery
John W. Lindsey, Montgomery, Ala.
Manor, Alabama
Mason & Howard, Montgomery, Ala.
John McCleskey, Mobile, Ala.
John McKane, North Carolina and Alabama
D. McKay, North Carolina and Alabama
J. M. McKee, Girard, Ala.
James Moore, Virginia and Alabama
John H. Murphy & Co., Montgomery
Leonard Pitkin, Montgomery
Powell & Co., Montgomery, Ala.
Thomas A. Powell, Louisville, Ky. and Montgomery, Ala. and St. Louis, and New Orleans
Ragland, Mobile, Ala.
Joel Rimes, Maryland and Alabama
William H. Robertson, Mobile, Ala.Is
A. J. Rux, Alabama
Sharp, Montgomery, Ala.
Belthazer Tardy, Mobile, Ala.
Watley, near Auburn
Weatherly and Donald, Alabama
Anderson West, Marion County, Ala.
Wetherby, Prairie Bluff, Ala.
Williamson & Puryear, Montgomery, Ala.
Jack Willison, Maryland and Alabama
Wilkinson & Nickels, Montgomery
John Woodden, Virginia and Alabama
James Worth, Alabama

References

↑ "$40 Reward". The Weekly Advertiser. May 11, 1852. p. 3. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 EJI (2018), p. 47.
↑ Sellers (2015), p. 159.
↑ "$100 Reward". Fayetteville Weekly Observer. March 1, 1843. p. 1. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
1 2 3 "Another Modern Building Will Occupy Site of Former Slave Depot". The Montgomery Times. March 28, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
1 2 "Was committed to the jail". The Independent Monitor. July 24, 1840. p. 4. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
↑ Colby (2024), p. 100.
↑ "Rees W. Porter, Nashville, Tenn., autograph letter signed to Ziba B. Oakes, 21 October 1856". DigitalCommonwealth.org. October 21, 1856. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
↑ "CONTENTdm". digital.archives.alabama.gov. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
1 2 "Runaway in Jail". Cahawba Democrat. August 12, 1837. p. 4. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
↑ "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 July 12, 2024.
↑ "NOTICE". The Weekly Democrat. March 22, 1828. p. 6. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
↑ "Cash in Market and Negroes Wanted, Samuel J. Dawson". Daily National Intelligencer and Washington Express. August 12, 1830. p. 3. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
↑ Johanesen, Harry (July 26, 1968). "George Dennis -- won freedom, riches". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 14. Retrieved April 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Fire". Alabama Beacon. January 6, 1860. p. 3. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
↑ "Committed". The Weekly Advertiser. February 17, 1852. p. 4. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
↑ "Runaways in Jail". Vicksburg Whig. November 14, 1860. p. 3. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
1 2 "NEGROES WANTED". Carolina Watchman. June 14, 1834. p. 3. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
↑ "Randolph County, Alabama, Sixty Two Years Ago The Red Man's Home, The White Man's Eden 1894-1896".
1 2 Friedman (2017), p. 166.
↑ "The Late Fire in Mobile". The Courier-Journal. March 20, 1860. p. 4. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
↑ "NEGROES! NEGROES!!!". Mobile Daily Advertiser. November 13, 1844. p. 2. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
↑ "Committed". The Democrat. April 11, 1849. p. 1. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
↑ Bancroft (2023), p. 296.
↑ "Committed to the Jail". Flag of the Union. August 29, 1835. p. 3. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
↑ "Runaway Taken Up". North Carolina Spectator and Western Advertiser. December 31, 1831. p. 2. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
1 2 3 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". October 12, 2009. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
↑ "Fred. Jones & Co. - Alabama Slave Trade". The Democrat. April 6, 1824. p. 4. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
↑ "Committed". The Autauga Citizen. February 10, 1853. p. 3. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
↑ "Committed". The Democrat. Huntsville, Alabama. February 24, 1836. p. 4. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
↑ 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. November 17, 1841. p. 4. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
↑ "A negro trader names D. McKay". The Evansville Daily Journal. January 27, 1859. p. 3. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
↑ "Likely Negroes for Sale". Weekly Columbus Enquirer. December 28, 1852. p. 3. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
↑ "Jailor's Notice". The Democrat. December 23, 1846. p. 1. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
↑ Bancroft (2023), p. 295.
↑ "Negroes for Sale". Southern Statesman. October 27, 1860. p. 4. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
↑ "Negroes Wanted and Boarded". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 6, 1847. p. 5. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
↑ Colby (2024), p. 80.
↑ "Committed to the jail of Blount County". The Democrat. June 27, 1837. p. 4. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
↑ Sellers (2015), p. 155.
↑ Colby (2024), p. 37.
↑ "Committed to Jail". Tuskegee Republican. December 15, 1853. p. 3. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
↑ Bancroft (2023), p. 299.
↑ "Homicide in Alabama". Alexandria Gazette. December 3, 1847. p. 2. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
↑ "Murder". Alabama Beacon. Greensboro, Alabama. January 22, 1858. p. 2. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
↑ "History of Mason and Perry County, from 1817 to 1835". The Marion Times-Standard. March 10, 1886. p. 1. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
↑ "Murder in Wilcox". The Cahaba Gazette. January 15, 1858. p. 2. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
↑ "Peter and Dilsey Williams". The Charleston Mercury. April 1, 1836. p. 3. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
↑ "Committed to the Jail of Autauga County". The Weekly Advertiser. July 2, 1851. p. 3. Retrieved June 21, 2024.

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[1] "$40 Reward". The Weekly Advertiser. May 11, 1852. p. 3. Retrieved July 6, 2024.

[FOOTNOTEEJI201847-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 EJI (2018), p. 47.

[FOOTNOTESellers2015159-3] Sellers (2015), p. 159.

[4] "$100 Reward". Fayetteville Weekly Observer. March 1, 1843. p. 1. Retrieved September 18, 2023.

[:6-5] 1 2 3 "Another Modern Building Will Occupy Site of Former Slave Depot". The Montgomery Times. March 28, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved August 14, 2023.

[:62-6] 1 2 "Was committed to the jail". The Independent Monitor. July 24, 1840. p. 4. Retrieved December 26, 2023.

[FOOTNOTEColby2024100-7] Colby (2024), p. 100.

[8] "Rees W. Porter, Nashville, Tenn., autograph letter signed to Ziba B. Oakes, 21 October 1856". DigitalCommonwealth.org. October 21, 1856. Retrieved April 2, 2025.

[9] "CONTENTdm". digital.archives.alabama.gov. Retrieved January 6, 2025.

[:17-10] 1 2 "Runaway in Jail". Cahawba Democrat. August 12, 1837. p. 4. Retrieved June 23, 2024.

[11] "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 July 12, 2024.

[12] "NOTICE". The Weekly Democrat. March 22, 1828. p. 6. Retrieved September 1, 2024.

[13] "Cash in Market and Negroes Wanted, Samuel J. Dawson". Daily National Intelligencer and Washington Express. August 12, 1830. p. 3. Retrieved May 30, 2024.

[JohanesenHarry-14] Johanesen, Harry (July 26, 1968). "George Dennis -- won freedom, riches". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 14. Retrieved April 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[15] "Fire". Alabama Beacon. January 6, 1860. p. 3. Retrieved June 21, 2024.

[16] "Committed". The Weekly Advertiser. February 17, 1852. p. 4. Retrieved July 6, 2024.

[:86-17] "Runaways in Jail". Vicksburg Whig. November 14, 1860. p. 3. Retrieved October 12, 2024.

[:68-18] 1 2 "NEGROES WANTED". Carolina Watchman. June 14, 1834. p. 3. Retrieved March 27, 2024.

[19] "Randolph County, Alabama, Sixty Two Years Ago The Red Man's Home, The White Man's Eden 1894-1896".

[FOOTNOTEFriedman2017166-20] 1 2 Friedman (2017), p. 166.

[21] "The Late Fire in Mobile". The Courier-Journal. March 20, 1860. p. 4. Retrieved January 12, 2024.

[22] "NEGROES! NEGROES!!!". Mobile Daily Advertiser. November 13, 1844. p. 2. Retrieved May 30, 2024.

[23] "Committed". The Democrat. April 11, 1849. p. 1. Retrieved July 6, 2024.

[FOOTNOTEBancroft2023296-24] Bancroft (2023), p. 296.

[25] "Committed to the Jail". Flag of the Union. August 29, 1835. p. 3. Retrieved July 5, 2024.

[26] "Runaway Taken Up". North Carolina Spectator and Western Advertiser. December 31, 1831. p. 2. Retrieved April 28, 2025.

[FOOTNOTESellers2015156-27] 1 2 3 Sellers (2015), p. 156.

[:57-28] 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.

[29] "Isaac Jarratt papers, 1832-1979. – African American Documentary Resources". October 12, 2009. Retrieved December 26, 2023.

[30] "Fred. Jones & Co. - Alabama Slave Trade". The Democrat. April 6, 1824. p. 4. Retrieved December 20, 2024.

[31] "Committed". The Autauga Citizen. February 10, 1853. p. 3. Retrieved July 6, 2024.

[:77-32] "Committed". The Democrat. Huntsville, Alabama. February 24, 1836. p. 4. Retrieved July 6, 2024.

[33] John McCleakey - 1861 - Mobile, Alabama, USA - Slave Dealer, cor Royal and Adams - Mobile, Alabama, City Directory, 1861

[34] "Committed to jail of Mobile county". The Independent Monitor. November 17, 1841. p. 4. Retrieved June 23, 2024.

[35] "A negro trader names D. McKay". The Evansville Daily Journal. January 27, 1859. p. 3. Retrieved January 15, 2025.

[36] "Likely Negroes for Sale". Weekly Columbus Enquirer. December 28, 1852. p. 3. Retrieved August 21, 2023.

[37] "Jailor's Notice". The Democrat. December 23, 1846. p. 1. Retrieved July 6, 2024.

[FOOTNOTEBancroft2023295-38] Bancroft (2023), p. 295.

[39] "Negroes for Sale". Southern Statesman. October 27, 1860. p. 4. Retrieved June 21, 2024.

[40] "Negroes Wanted and Boarded". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 6, 1847. p. 5. Retrieved May 30, 2024.

[FOOTNOTEColby202480-41] Colby (2024), p. 80.

[42] "Committed to the jail of Blount County". The Democrat. June 27, 1837. p. 4. Retrieved December 20, 2024.

[FOOTNOTESellers2015155-43] Sellers (2015), p. 155.

[FOOTNOTEColby202437-44] Colby (2024), p. 37.

[45] "Committed to Jail". Tuskegee Republican. December 15, 1853. p. 3. Retrieved July 6, 2024.

[FOOTNOTEBancroft2023299-46] Bancroft (2023), p. 299.

[47] "Homicide in Alabama". Alexandria Gazette. December 3, 1847. p. 2. Retrieved January 15, 2025.

[48] "Murder". Alabama Beacon. Greensboro, Alabama. January 22, 1858. p. 2. Retrieved October 21, 2024.

[49] "History of Mason and Perry County, from 1817 to 1835". The Marion Times-Standard. March 10, 1886. p. 1. Retrieved June 21, 2024.

[50] "Murder in Wilcox". The Cahaba Gazette. January 15, 1858. p. 2. Retrieved June 23, 2024.

[51] "Peter and Dilsey Williams". The Charleston Mercury. April 1, 1836. p. 3. Retrieved October 12, 2024.

[52] "Committed to the Jail of Autauga County". The Weekly Advertiser. July 2, 1851. p. 3. Retrieved June 21, 2024.

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