List of Mississippi slave traders
This is a list of slave traders active in the U.S. state of Mississippi from settlement until 1865.
- Robert S. Adams, Aberdeen, Mississippi[1]
- William L. Arick, Jackson and Choctaw Nation[2]
- Joshua Baker, Natchez[3]
- B. F. Ballance, Vicksburg[4]
- C. J. Blackman, Yazoo City, Mississippi[5]
- Louis Boisdore, Hancock County near Bay St. Louis[6]
- Bright, Mississippi[7]
- Tom Brown, Virginia and Mississippi[8]
- Mr. Brunice, Natchez[9]
- John L. Buck, Natchez, Mississippi[10][11]
- Samuel W. Butler, Natchez, Mississippi[12][13]
- Mr. Carrod, Mississippi and South Carolina[14]
- Lewis A. Collier, Richmond, Virginia and Natchez, Mississippi[15][16]
- James Cook, Paris, Tennessee, and Mississippi[17]
- J. Cooper, Natchez-under-the-Hill, Mississippi[18]
- Robert Dowling, Jackson[19]
- English, North Carolina and Mississippi[20]
- R. C. Faulkner, Mississippi[21]
- William H. Gwinn, Vicksburg[22]
- Dick Featherson, Tennessee and Mississippi[23]
- David Fitzpatrick, Vicksburg, Miss.[24]
- John D. Fondren, Mississippi[25][26]
- Aaron H. Forrest, Memphis, and Vicksburg, Miss.[27]
- Jeffrey E. Forrest, Memphis, and Vicksburg, Miss.[27]
- E. Frazer & Co., Port Gibson, Miss.[28][29]
- Goodman, Mississippi[30]
- Gordan or Gordon, Maryland and Mississippi[31]
- Griffin & Pullum, Natchez, Miss.,[32] principals Pierce Griffin, W. A. Pullum, A. Blackwell, F. G. Murphy[33]
- Lewis K. Grigsby, Natchez, Miss.
- Henry Hall, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi[34]
- O. R. Haley, Mississippi[35]
- Mr. Hall, Norfolk, Va. and Mississippi[36]
- Jonathan Harding, Sumner Co., Tennessee, and Natchez[37]
- G. C. Harness, Potomac River and Natchez[38]
- William L. Harper, Virginia and Jefferson County, Miss.[39]
- John F. Harris, Natchez
- John Hawkins, Virginia & Robert Hawkins, Mississippi[40]
- Robert C. Hawkins, Natchez[41]
- Ned Herndon, Mississippi[42]
- Peter Herndon, Monroe Co., Miss.[43]
- Herring, Vicksburg, Miss.[44]
- Pleasant Hunter, Natchez, Miss.[45]
- Andrew Jackson[46][47] and John Hutchings, Nashville and Natchez
- Robert Irwin, Natchez[48][49]
- John D. James, Thomas G. James, and David D. James, Nashville, Richmond, Va. and Natchez, Miss.
- Richard Johnson & Jesse Meek, Tennessee and Forks of the Road[50]
- S. S. Jones, De Soto, Miss.[51]
- William P. Lacey, Natchez[52]
- Tedence Lane, Mississippi[53]
- Lillard & Slaughter, Mississippi[54]
- Livingston, Hanna & Co., Vicksburg, Miss.[55]
- J. and D. Long, Natchez[56]
- Lundy, Rives & Rives, Natchez[57]
- Maffitt, Mississippi[58]
- John D. Mallory, Virginia and eastern Mississippi[53]
- John Mason, Natchez, Miss.[44]
- Matthews, Branton & Co., Natchez, Miss.[59]
- N. A. McNairy, Nashville and Natchez[60]
- C. A. & I. S. Merrill, Mississippi[25]
- Ladson Mills, North Carolina and Mississippi[61]
- John Miller, Kentucky and Mississippi[62]
- R. B. Miller, Hinds Co., Miss.[63]
- Louis Miller & Co., Natchez, Miss.[64]
- A. Mizell, Jackson[65]
- Arthur Mosely, Virginia and Mississippi[66]
- Oliver Neely, Jackson[65]
- Charles Nox, Natchez[67]
- Parker, Vicksburg, Miss.[68]
- P. Pascal, Natchez
- Jesse Perkins[2][69]
- Peterson, Natchez[70]
- R. A. Peuyeur, Natchez
- Peyton, Mason & Co., Mississippi [71]
- John P. Phillips, Natchez[72][73]
- B. W. Powell, Forks of the Road[74]
- Benjamin Ward Powell, Natchez, Miss.,[75][76] Louisville, Ky. and New Orleans[77]
- Pryor, Memphis and Natchez?[78]
- Dr. Ray, Tennessee (?) and Mississippi[79]
- Redman, Mississippi and Tennessee[80]
- Redman, Noxubee County, Mississippi[81]
- John Reed, Tennessee and Mississippi[82]
- John Robertson, Mississippi and either New Orleans or Mobile[66]
- William Rochel, Virginia and Natchez[83]
- Samuel Roe[84]
- Rowan & Harris, Mississippi[53]
- Thomas Sanders, Washington County, Virginia, and Mississippi[66]
- Sprague & Howell, Natchez[85]
- Mr. Stokes, North Carolina and Mississippi[86]
- Richard Terrell, Natchez[87] and New Orleans[88]
- Tiernan & Alexander, Natchez[89]
- Townshend & Lewis, Mississippi[53]
- Urley, Mississippi[90]
- Weatherly, Breden & Bagget, Yazoo City, Miss.[91]
- Wetherby, Pigsah, Miss.[92]
- Henry Vanhusen, Mississippi and Texas[93]
- Benjamin W. Walker, Jackson, Miss.[94]
- Samuel Wakefield, Natchez
- Moses J. Wicks, Aberdeen, Miss.[1]
- Winfield, Mississippi[53]
- John Wood, Natchez[95]
- Thomas Woods, North Carolina and Mississippi[96]
- John Woolfolk, Natchez, Miss.[97]
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- 1 2 Stowe (1853), p. 357.
- 1 2 "I caution all persons against trading for the following notes". Mississippi Gazette. January 31, 1827. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-10-27.
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