List of Kentucky slave traders

This is a list of slave traders active in the U.S. state of Kentucky from settlement until the end of the American Civil War in 1865.

A. Blackwell, Lexington
Lewis Allen, "professional kidnapper," Maysville
David Anderson, Kentucky and Baltimore (?)
John W. Anderson, Mason County
Jordan Arterburn
Tarlton Arterburn
Atkinson & Richardson, Tennessee, Kentucky, and St. Louis, Mo.
J. H. Bagby
J. G. Barclay & Co.
Kinchen Battoe, Kentucky
William Beck, Glasgow, Ky.
Sam Berry, Georgetown, Ky., described as "a noted negro thief and journeyman negro trader"
Blackwell and Ballard
Blackwell, Murphy, and Ferguson, Kentucky and Forks of the Road, Natchez, Miss.
Washington Bolton, Lexington
Bolton, Dickens & Co.
Boyce, Kentucky
Boyce, near Frankfort, Ky.
Return Bradley, Clark County, and New Orleans
Dr. Brady, Hopkinsville, Ky.
Robert B. "Old Bob" Brashear, Salem, Va. and Alexandria, Va. and New Orleans and Louisville, Ky.
P. N. Brent, Lexington
Booz Browner, Robards gang trading agent and kidnapper
J. C. Buckles
William Campbell, Georgetown
Jacob T. Cassell
Joshua Cates, Christian County, Ky.
John Clark, Louisville
John R. Cleary, Lexington
David Cobb, Lexington, Alabama, and Mississippi
J. Cockrill, Lexington
Asa Collins, Lexington
H. Collons, Lexington
A. B. Colwell, Lexington
Corbin, South Carrollton on Green River
Mr. Cooper, Kentucky
William Cotton, Bardstown
Thomas W. Davis, Pine Grove, Lexington–Leestown Road
William P. Davis, Louisville
E. R. Dean
R. H. Elam
George Ernwine
James H. Farish, Lexington
George Ferguson, Lexington
Floyd, Kentucky and Natchez
Ford, Kentucky, Mississippi, and New Orleans
Hugh L. Foster
Mr. Gains [Gaines?], Boone County and Mississippi
Matthew Garrison
J. C. Gentry, Louisville
Austin Gibbons
Ben. Gilbert, Louisville
Gray & Stewart
C. C. Green & Co.
Pierce Griffin, Lexington
Henry Hall, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi
John Harris, Kentucky, possibly kidnapping in Richmond, Indiana
Harrison, Washington County, Ky.
Henry H. Haynes, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tenn.
J. M. Heady, Lexington
O. Henley, Lexington
David Heran
J. M. Hewett
William Hill, Robards gang trading agent and kidnapper
W. A. Holland
Judge Houston, Hopkinsville, Ky.
Michael Hughes, Lexington
Hughes & Downing, Lexington
Hughes and Neil, Boone County and Louisville
John Hunter, Louisville
Jordan and Tolt, Louisville and New Orleans
Kelly
Thomas Kelly, Louisville
William H. Kelly
James Kelly, Kentucky
Hiram Lawrence, Lexington
Joshua Lee, Louisville
Lipscum & Day, Frankfort
R. W. Lucas, Lexington
John Madinglay, Nelson County
George W. Maraman, Robards gang trading agent and kidnapper
Silas Marshall, Lexington
George S. Marshall
James G. Mathers, Lexington
Bill Matney
John Mattingly, Louisville and Lexington and St. Louis, Mo.
Neal McCann, Lexington
McGowan, Lexington
McGowan, Woolford County
James McMillin, Maysville
Thomas B. Megowan, Lexington
John Miller, Green County and Mississippi
John T. Montjoy, Robards gang trading agent and kidnapper
Muir, Ormsby & Co.
Felix G. Murphy, Lexington
Bill Myers, Madison County
Elijah Noble, Frankfort
Joseph H. Northcutt, Lexington
Northcutt, Marshall & Co.
Warren Offutt, Woodford County, and Natchez
Zeb Offutt, "a negro stealer"
Ellis Oldham, Madison County
Otterman, Louisville
Owens, Georgetown
George Payton, Robards gang trading agent and kidnapper
Peck, Washington County, Ky.
Benjamin Ward Powell, Natchez, Miss., Louisville, Ky. and New Orleans
Thomas A. Powell, Louisville and Montgomery, Ala. and St. Louis, and New Orleans
William A. Pullum, Lexington
Pulliam, Lexington
Redford
Gabriel Reed
Reynolds, Louisville, Ky.
Alfred O. Robards, Robards gang trading agent and kidnapper
Lewis C. Robards, Lexington
David Ross, Louisville, Ky.
Franklin B. Rust, Covington
A. C. Scott
Austin H. Slaughter
William Stansberry, Kentucky and Mississippi
Everett Stillwell, Robards gang trading agent and kidnapper
Edward Stone, Bourbon County and Harrison County ("Bluegrass area")
John Stickney, Louisville
John Stringer
William F. Talbott, Louisville and Lexington
Joseph Thompson, Harrison County
Robert H. Thompson, Lexington
Unidentified traders, Mt. Sterling
J. Watson, Louisville
Richard Watson, Louisville, Ky. and New Orleans
Silas Wheeler, Clinton County
Robert K. White
W. F. White, Lexington
W. P. White & Co., Lexington
Wilson, Shelbyville and Lexington
Emanuel Wolfe
Heaman Wood
Rodes Woods, Robards gang trading agent and kidnapper
Charles H. Woolford
Henry Young, "professional kidnapper," Maysville
John S. Young, Louisville

Citations

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Bancroft (2023), p. 132.
1 2 Clark (1934), p. 339.
↑ Calderhead (1977), p. 202.
↑ Schermerhorn (2016), p. 219.
1 2 3 Coon (2009), p. 835.
1 2 3 4 5 6 McDougle (1918), p. 20.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Bancroft (2023), p. 129.
1 2 3 4 5 Coleman (1940), p. 167.
1 2 Bancroft (2023), pp. 128–129.
↑ Hedrick (1927), p. 92.
1 2 3 Bancroft (2023), p. 127.
↑ Bancroft (2023), pp. 125–126.
↑ "Forgery and Scoundrelism". The Louisville Daily Courier. October 12, 1857. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
↑ "Is Bound to Remain Rock-Ribbed Democrat". The Anaconda Standard. August 22, 1905. p. 11. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
1 2 "Morgan's Kentucky Raid". The Rock Island Argus. August 2, 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Clark (1934), p. 337.
↑ Sydnor (1933), p. 156.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Coleman (1940), p. 166.
↑ "Twenty Dollars Reward". The Mississippi Messenger. June 24, 1806. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
↑ Lundy, Benjamin F., ed. (November 1830). "From the National Gazette: The Domestic Slave Trade". Genius of Universal Emancipation. Vol. 1, no. 8. Microfilmed by Open Court Publishing Co. pp. 127–128 – via Internet Archive.
↑ "Nelson Grey searching for his brother Henry Garner · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
1 2 "Slave Narratives Of Kentucky". genealogytrails.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
↑ "Cash for Negroes". Alexandria Gazette. March 11, 1851. p. 3.
↑ "Robert B. Brashear". Alexandria Gazette. March 17, 1849. p. 3.
↑ "Superstitious Sports - N. O. Times Picayune". The Shelby Guide. June 10, 1869. p. 4.
1 2 3 4 Clark (1934), p. 336.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Coleman (1940), p. 211.
↑ Georgetown Patriot, September 7, 1816, Page 4. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/georgetown-patriot-cash-for-negroes/170385386/ : accessed April 15, 2025), clip page for Cash for Negroes
↑ Perrin (1884), p. 68.
1 2 James (1886), p. 17.
↑ "Charge of Inhumanity to a Negro". The Louisville Daily Courier. May 19, 1858. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
↑ "Attempt to Sell Free Negroes". The Louisville Daily Courier. October 26, 1859. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
↑ "Entry for John Clark and Lenll D Clark, 1860". United States Census, 1860. FamilySearch.
↑ "Cobb". Literary Cadet and Rhode-Island Statesman. October 14, 1826. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
↑ Kentucky Gazette, October 18, 1821, Page 3. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/kentucky-gazette-cash-for-negroes/170390847/ : accessed April 15, 2025), clip page for Cash for Negroes
↑ "July 22, 1854, Lexington Observer". The Lexington Herald. May 12, 1913. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
↑ "Negroes for Sale". The Louisville Daily Courier. February 18, 1857. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
↑ "Mrs. Patsey Smith (formerly Crockett) searching for her children Frank, Henry, Jane, and Ben · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
↑ "NOTICE". The Argus of Western America. March 21, 1822. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
↑ The Bardstown Herald, September 21, 1825, Page 4. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bardstown-herald-cash-for-negroes-a/170385968/ : accessed April 15, 2025), clip page for Cash for Negroes, apply to Wm. Cotton
↑ "Lexington-Leestown Road by Ermina Jett Darnell". Lexington Herald-Leader. December 26, 1952. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
↑ "Pine Grove, built by Thomas W. Davis, a slave trader. In the basement is a dungeon. Close up shot of Pine Grove with tree in foreground. · John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs". lhlphotoarchive.org. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
1 2 Pettus (1924), p. 9.
↑ "Entry for Willim P Davis and Eliza P Davis, 1860". United States Census, 1860. FamilySearch.
↑ Bancroft (2023), pp. 129–130.
↑ Townsend (2014), p. 128.
↑ "100 Dollars Reward". The Impartial Review and Cumberland Repository. November 1, 1806. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
↑ "More of the Princess Disaster". The Louisville Daily Courier. March 10, 1859. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
1 2 Sydnor (1933), p. 155.
↑ "Runaway in Jail". Mississippi Free Trader. March 27, 1844. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
1 2 McDougle (1918), p. 22.
↑ "F. G. Gilbert searching for his mother Eliza Miller and sisters Sarah Jane and Rosa Miller · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
↑ Bancroft (2023), p. 126.
1 2 Bancroft (2023), p. 130.
↑ "Emily Wilson (formerly Emily Priest) searching for her daughter Mary Ann · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Lucas (2014), p. 89.
1 2 Coleman (1940), p. 150.
↑ "Ran-Away". Mississippi Herald and Natchez Gazette. September 28, 1802. p. 4. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
↑ Lundy, Benjamin F., ed. (May 1832). "Kidnapping". Genius of Universal Emancipation. Vol. 2, no. 12. Microfilmed by Open Court Publishing Co. pp. 191–192. Whole No. 276, Vol. XII – via Internet Archive.
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↑ Mooney (1971), p. 45.
↑ Colby (2024), pp. 62–63.
↑ Coleman (1940), pp. 155–156.
↑ "Boys and Men". Lexington Weekly Press. July 30, 1828. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-05-25.
↑ Coleman (1940), pp. 151–154.
↑ American Slavery (1839), pp. 166–167.
↑ "Monticello". Natchez Democrat. December 24, 1850. p. 3.
↑ "Mrs. Charlotte Mitchell searching for her brother Henderson, father Davey Jackson, and mother Maria · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
1 2 Brown (1855), p. 114.
1 2 McDougle, Ivan E. (1918b). "Slavery in Kentucky: The Development of Slavery". The Journal of Negro History. 3 (3): 214–239 (230, traders). doi:10.2307/2713409. ISSN 0022-2992. JSTOR 2713409. S2CID 149804505.
↑ "Negroes wanted". The Courier-Journal. July 4, 1844. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
1 2 3 Fitzpatrick (2008), p. 29.
1 2 O'Brien (2014), p. 826.
↑ Bancroft (2023), p. 126–127.
↑ "Mrs. Caroline Perkin searching for her mother Hannah Penn and siblings Coleman and Margaret Penn · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
1 2 3 Lucas (2014), p. 93.
↑ Rothman, Joshua D. (October 6, 2021). "How the brutal trade in enslaved people has been whitewashed out of U.S. history". Pennsylvania Capital-Star. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
↑ Clark (1934), p. 335.
1 2 Coleman (1940), p. 155.
↑ "Rosean Letcher searching for her son Jerry Able · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
↑ Clark (1934), pp. 336–337.
↑ Coleman (1940), pp. 166–167.
↑ "Democratic Slave Markets (St. Louis, Mo.), T. W. Higginson, New York Tribune". The Liberator. August 1, 1856. p. 1.
↑ Stowe (1853), p. 356.
↑ Stowe (1853), pp. 378–379.
↑ "Amelia Fountain searching for her mother Margaret Johnson · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
1 2 Coleman (1940), p. 170.
↑ "Martha Gaines searching for her brother John Gaines and father Ned Gaines · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
↑ Pettus (1924), pp. 8–9.
↑ Astor (2012), p. 66.
↑ Coleman (1940), p. 139.
↑ "NOTICE: Warren Offutt wishes to purchase fifteen or twenty negroes". Kentucky Gazette. April 4, 1822. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
↑ "Ancient Slave Jail Stands Near Midway". Lexington Herald-Leader. June 30, 1938. p. 94. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
↑ "Lot - Slave Traders Sell Slave to One of the Early Settlers of Spanish Natchez". www.universityarchives.com. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
↑ "Old Negro Jail, Kentucky". Lexington Herald-Leader. April 29, 1901. p. 7. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
↑ Smith, Harry. Fifty Years of Slavery in the United States of America. p. 106 – via Documenting the American South (docsouth.unc.edu).
↑ "Polly Reed searching for her mother Clarisa and several siblings · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
↑ Green, Elisha W. (1888). Life of the Rev. Elisha W. Green, One of the Founders of the Kentucky Normal and Theological Institute. Maysville, Kentucky: Republican Printing Office. p. 3. hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t2w37tf1b – via HathiTrust.
↑ "100 Likely Young Negroes". Mississippi Free Trader. October 20, 1847. p. 3.
↑ "Runaway". The Semi-Weekly Mississippi Free Trader. September 22, 1849. p. 3.
↑ "$100 Reward". Baton-Rouge Gazette. June 5, 1847. p. 2.
↑ Bancroft (2023), p. 295.
↑ "Negroes for Sale". Southern Statesman. October 27, 1860. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
↑ "Negroes Wanted and Boarded". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 6, 1847. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
↑ Wilson (2023), p. 22.
↑ "SLAVE PRISON was the old building on Elks Club grounds - Pulliam". Lexington Herald-Leader. February 7, 1904. p. 14. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
↑ "Police Court". The Louisville Daily Courier. July 10, 1855. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
↑ "David Ross, 1861, 633 E Jefferson, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, Late Negro Trader". U.S., City Directories, 1822–1995. Ancestry.com.
↑ McDaniel, W. Caleb. "Wiki - Frank Rust". Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America. rice.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
↑ "John, committed to jail in Warren County". Vicksburg Daily Whig. August 16, 1853. p. 3.
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↑ Phillips (1918), p. 196.
↑ "Petition 20783512". Race and Slavery Petitions, Digital Library on American Slavery. dlas.uncg.edu.
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