List of Virginia slave traders

This is a list of slave traders active in Virginia from the colonial period to 1865. Note: Alexandria was part of the District of Columbia from 1801 to 1846.

W. Abrahams, Richmond
Robert Alvis, Richmond
George W. Apperson, Richmond
G. W. Atkinson (slave jail), Richmond
John P. Ballard, Richmond
Betts & Omohundro, Richmond
James Birch, Alexandria
William H. Birch, Alexandria
E. W. Blackburn, Richmond
Browning, Moore & Co., Richmond
Joseph Bruin, Alexandria
E. A. J. Clopton, Richmond
E. B. Cook, Richmond
Dabney & Cauthorn, Richmond
Ansley Davis, Petersburg
B. Davis, Richmond
George Davis, Lynchburg
Hector Davis, Richmond
Henry Davis, Petersburg
John B. Davis, Richmond
Benjamin & Solomon Davis, Richmond
Solomon Davis, Richmond
William Deupree or Dupree, Richmond
R. H. Dickinson & Brother, Richmond
Edward D. Eacho, Richmond
R. Faundron, Richmond
Franklin & Armfield, Alexandria
Goodin & Apperson, Richmond
William Gouldin, Richmond
M. Hart, Lynchburg
Hill, Dickinson & Co. or Dickinson & Hill, Richmond
R. D. James, Richmond
Thomas Johnston, Richmond
Jones & Slater (slave jail), Richmond
George Kephart, Alexandria
Newton M. Lee, Richmond
Ash Levy, Richmond
Robert Lumpkin, Richmond
William Martin, Richmond
Edward Matthews, Richmond
McDaniel & Blackburn, Richmond
Charles McMurray, Richmond
William Murphy, Richmond
E. Myers, Lynchburg
Solomon Myers, Richmond
Nott, Alexander & Co., Richmond
John Omenhiser, Richmond
O. Omohundro, Richmond
Silas Omohundro, Richmond
Otis, Dunlop & Co., Richmond
Overley & Sanders, Petersburg and Maryland
Peck, Lay & Co., Richmond
Charles Phelps, Richmond
Dabney Price, Richmond
Price, Birch & Co., Alexandria
Pulliam & Betts, Richmond
David M. Pulliam, Richmond
Peter Pulliam, Richmond
Samuel Reese, Richmond
Francis Everod Rives, Petersburg and Natchez
Robinson and Smith
Leonard T. Slater, Richmond
Smith & Edmondson (or Edmonston), Richmond
John W. Starke, Norfolk
P. M. Tabb & Son, Richmond
Bacon Tait, Richmond and New Orleans
James M. Taylor & Son, Richmond
H. N. Templeman, Richmond
John J. Toler, Richmond
Peterfield Trent, Richmond
Fleming Tucker, Richmond
John J. Whitehurst, Norfolk
Seth Woodroof, Lynchburg
Charles T. Wortham, Richmond
William Wortham, Richmond
William Wyatt, Richmond

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Kambourian, Elizabeth Cann (February 23, 2014). "Slave traders in Richmond (1819–1864)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Virginia. pp. A12. (alt: "Slave traders in Richmond" at richmond.com)
1 2 3 Bancroft (2023), p. 101.
1 2 3 4 Bancroft (2023), p. 91.
1 2 Bancroft (2023), p. 98.
1 2 3 Bancroft (2023), p. 96 n. 23.
1 2 3 4 5 Bancroft (2023), p. 93.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Bancroft (2023), p. 97.
1 2 3 4 5 Bancroft (2023), p. 92.
↑ Bancroft (2023), p. 98, 100.
1 2 McInnis (2013), p. 109.
↑ Bancroft (2023), p. 116.
↑ Heier (2010), p. 69.
↑ McInnis (2013), p. 110.
↑ "Silas Omohundro (1807–1864) - Encyclopedia Virginia". Encyclopedia Virginia. Archived from the original on 2026-07-24. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
↑ Tadman (2007), p. 253.
↑ Heier (2010), p. 72.
↑ Bancroft (2023), p. 97, 99.

Sources

Bancroft, Frederic (2023) [1931, 1996]. Slave Trading in the Old South (Original publisher: J. H. Fürst Co., Baltimore). Southern Classics Series. Introduction by Michael Tadman (Reprint ed.). Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-64336-427-8. LCCN 95020493. OCLC 1153619151.
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McInnis, Maurie D. (Fall 2013). "Mapping the slave trade in Richmond and New Orleans". Building & Landscapes. 20 (2): 102–125. doi:10.5749/buildland.20.2.0102. JSTOR 10.5749/buildland.20.2.0102. S2CID 160472953. Project MUSE 538683.
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[Kambourian-2014-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Kambourian, Elizabeth Cann (February 23, 2014). "Slave traders in Richmond (1819–1864)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Virginia. pp. A12. (alt: "Slave traders in Richmond" at richmond.com)

[FOOTNOTEBancroft2023101-2] 1 2 3 Bancroft (2023), p. 101.

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[FOOTNOTEBancroft202393-6] 1 2 3 4 5 Bancroft (2023), p. 93.

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[FOOTNOTEMcInnis2013110-13] McInnis (2013), p. 110.

[14] "Silas Omohundro (1807–1864) - Encyclopedia Virginia". Encyclopedia Virginia. Archived from the original on 2026-07-24. Retrieved 2026-08-23.

[FOOTNOTETadman2007253-15] Tadman (2007), p. 253.

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