List of South Carolina slave traders
This is a list of slave traders in South Carolina from the colonial period until 1865. Charleston was the "primary port" in the United States for the transatlantic slave trade,[1] and interregional trading continued until the American Civil War.
- J. A. Addison, Edgefield[2]
- T. Adkins, Hamburg[2]
- T. D. Adkins, Hamburg[2]
- Thomas Alexander, Charleston[3]
- George Austin, Charleston[4]
- Robert Austin[3]
- J. Russell Baker, Charleston[3]
- L. H. Belser, Sumter District[2]
- John H. Blake, Charleston[5]
- D. N. Boozer, Greenwood[2]
- Samuel Browne[6]
- H. G. Burkett, Sumter District[2]
- Capers & Heyward, Charleston[7]
- J. W. Clinkscales, Greenwood[2]
- Jacob Cohen & Son, Charleston[3]
- E. M. Cobb, Anderson[2]
- J. Crews, Laurens[2]
- H. C. Culbreath, Edgefield District[2]
- J. E. Cureton, Lancaster[2]
- H. H. DeLeon, Charleston[3]
- Louis D. DeSaussure, Charleston[3]
- G. DeWitt, Charleston[3]
- T. J. Dinkins, Sumter District[2]
- Charles E. R. Drayton, Charleston[3]
- W. L. Ellis, Orangeburg[2]
- Joseph W. Faber, Charleston[3]
- J. Drayton Ford, Charleston[3]
- J. W. Ford, Kershaw District[2]
- A. Forsyth, Columbia[2]
- W. H. Fox, Lexington District[2]
- Thomas Norman Gadsden, called "Norman Gadsden," Charleston[2][8]
- W. Q. Gardener, Hamburg[2]
- John Guerard, Charleston[9]
- John M. Gilchrist, Charleston[10]
- William Allston Gourdin, Charleston[10]
- R. B. Holeman, Newberry District[2]
- D. Hughes[2]
- J. A. Houston, Edgefield District[2]
- Thomas M. Hume, Charleston[10]
- A. J. Hydrick, Orangeburg District[2]
- E. Kelly, Greenville District[2]
- E. S. Irvine, Greenville[2]
- O. B. Irvine, Greenville[2]
- James Jervey, Charleston[5]
- Lewis Jervey, Charleston[5]
- Jervey, Blake & Waring, Charleston[5]
- Jervey, Waring & White, Charleston[5]
- J. P. Laborde[10]
- Henry Laurens, Charleston[4]
- Hutson Lee[10]
- J. C. Lipford[2]
- C. Logan, Columbia[2]
- P. L. Lockwood, Charleston[10]
- R. M. Marshall[10]
- M. McBride, Charleston[2][10]
- B. McCall, Charleston[10]
- E. McElveen, Sumter District[2]
- L. D. Merrimon, Greenwood[2]
- B. Mordecai, Charleston[2][10]
- T. P. Moseley, Cokesbury[2]
- W. J. Nettles[2]
- R. J. Nickels, Laurens District[2]
- Francis Nipson, Charleston[2][10]
- Ziba B. Oakes, Charleston[2][10]
- C. M. Olsen, Charleston[10]
- J. Ottolengui, Charleston[10]
- R. M. Owings, Hamburg[2]
- J. Pape, Camden[2]
- J. T. Parks, Greenwood[2]
- William Payne[11]
- P. J. Porcher & Baya, Charleston[10]
- C. J. Pride[2]
- Robert Pringle, Charleston[9]
- Robert Raper, Charleston[12]
- J. S. Ryan, Charleston[10]
- Thomas Ryan & Son, Charleston[2][13]
- W. B. Ryan, Charleston[2]
- Rhett & Fitzsimons, Charleston[10]
- J. S. Riggs, Charleston[10]
- T. L. Rodgers, Charleston[10]
- A. J. Salinas, Charleston[10]
- S. Sampson, Georgetown[2]
- J. A. Satterwhite, Columbia[2]
- G. Seaborn, Anderson[2]
- J. M. E. Sharp, Columbia[2]
- Shingler brothers, Charleston[10]
- William Simons, Charleston[10]
- Seth Spencer, Charleston[14]
- W. Spires, Hamburg[2]
- R. Steedman, Lexington District [2]
- J. W. Suber, Abbeville[2]
- A. G. Teague, Edgefield[2]
- E. P. Teague, Edgefield[2]
- A. Vance[2]
- Verree & Blair, Charleston[15]
- Morton A. Waring, Charleston[5]
- C. Warren, Edgefield District[2]
- T. C. Weatherly, Bennettsville[2]
- Alonzo J. White, Charleston[16][5]
- T. A. Whitney, Charleston[14]
- Wilbur & Son, Charleston[14]
- Henry Willis Sr. & Jr., Charleston[14]
- Samuel Wragg, Georgetown[17]
See also
References
- ↑ O'Malley (2017), p. 301.
- 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 50 51 52 53 54 Tadman (1977), p. 360.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Bancroft (2023), p. 175.
- 1 2 O'Malley (2017), p. 278.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Davila, Lauren (April 21, 2023). "Public Memory of the Domestic Slave Trade in Charleston, South Carolina Street". Avery Research Center, University of Charleston. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
- ↑ "Prime Field, Boat & Other Negroes". The Charleston Daily Courier. June 30, 1810. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
- ↑ Bancroft (2023), p. 170.
- ↑ Bancroft (2023), pp. 167–168.
- 1 2 O'Malley (2017), p. 285.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Bancroft (2023), p. 176.
- ↑ "On Thursday, 22d March". The Charleston Daily Courier. February 28, 1810. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
- ↑ O'Malley (2017), p. 289.
- ↑ Bancroft (2023), pp. 170, 176.
- 1 2 3 4 Bancroft (2023), p. 177.
- ↑ "Public Auction". The Charleston Daily Courier. October 30, 1806. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ↑ Bancroft (2023), pp. 166, 177.
- ↑ O'Malley (2017), p. 286.
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.
- O'Malley, Gregory E. (April 2017). "Slavery's Converging Ground: Charleston's Slave Trade as the Black Heart of the Lowcountry". The William and Mary Quarterly. 74 (2): 271–302. doi:10.5309/willmaryquar.74.2.0271.
- Tadman, Michael (1977). Speculators and slaves in the old South: a study of the American domestic slave trade, 1820–1860 (Thesis). University of Hull.
Further reading
- Kytle, Ethan J.; Roberts, Blain (2018). Denmark Vesey's garden: slavery and memory in the cradle of the Confederacy. New York: The New Press. ISBN 9781620973660. LCCN 2017041546.
- Russell, Thomas D. (2025) [1996]. "Slave Auctions on the Courthouse Steps: Court Sales of Slaves in Antebellum South Carolina". In Finkelman, Paul (ed.). Slavery & The Law. Madison House Publishers. pp. 329–364. doi:10.5040/9798881826758-chapter11. ISBN 979-8-8818-2675-8. LCCN 96008917. OCLC 1528562801.