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[1]
- Robert Alvis, Richmond[1]
- George W. Apperson, Richmond[1][2]
- G. W. Atkinson (slave jail), Richmond[2]
- John P. Ballard, Richmond[1]
- Betts & Omohundro, Richmond[1]
- James Birch, Alexandria
- William H. Birch, Alexandria[3]
- E. W. Blackburn, Richmond[1]
- Browning, Moore & Co., Richmond[4]
- Joseph Bruin, Alexandria[3]
- E. A. J. Clopton, Richmond[5]
- E. B. Cook, Richmond[1]
- Dabney & Cauthorn, Richmond[1]
- Ansley Davis, Petersburg[6]
- B. Davis, Richmond[7]
- George Davis, Lynchburg[8]
- Hector Davis, Richmond[1][9]
- Henry Davis, Petersburg[6]
- John B. Davis, Richmond[1]
- Benjamin & Solomon Davis, Richmond[1]
- Solomon Davis, Richmond[7]
- William Deupree or Dupree, Richmond[1][7]
- R. H. Dickinson & Brother, Richmond[1][10]
- Edward D. Eacho, Richmond[1][5]
- R. Faundron, Richmond[1][7]
- Franklin & Armfield, Alexandria
- Goodin & Apperson, Richmond[1]
- William Gouldin, Richmond[1]
- M. Hart, Lynchburg[8]
- Hill, Dickinson & Co. or Dickinson & Hill, Richmond[1][10][11]
- R. D. James, Richmond[12]
- Thomas Johnston, Richmond[1]
- Jones & Slater (slave jail), Richmond[1][7]
- George Kephart, Alexandria[3]
- Newton M. Lee, Richmond[1][5]
- Ash Levy, Richmond[1][7]
- Robert Lumpkin, Richmond[1][13][7]
- William Martin, Richmond[1]
- Edward Matthews, Richmond[1]
- McDaniel & Blackburn, Richmond[1][7]
- Charles McMurray, Richmond[1][7]
- William Murphy, Richmond[1]
- E. Myers, Lynchburg[8]
- Solomon Myers, Richmond[1]
- Nott, Alexander & Co., Richmond[1]
- John Omenhiser, Richmond[1]
- O. Omohundro, Richmond[1][7]
- Silas Omohundro, Richmond[14]
- Otis, Dunlop & Co., Richmond[1]
- Overley & Sanders, Petersburg and Maryland[6]
- Peck, Lay & Co., Richmond[1]
- Charles Phelps, Richmond[8]
- Dabney Price, Richmond[1]
- Price, Birch & Co., Alexandria [3]
- Pulliam & Betts, Richmond[4]
- David M. Pulliam, Richmond[1]
- Peter Pulliam, Richmond[1]
- Samuel Reese, Richmond[1][7]
- Robinson and Smith[15]
- Leonard T. Slater, Richmond[1]
- Smith & Edmondson (or Edmonston), Richmond[1][7]
- John W. Starke, Norfolk[6]
- P. M. Tabb & Son, Richmond[16]
- Bacon Tait, Richmond and New Orleans[1][2]
- James M. Taylor & Son, Richmond[1]
- H. N. Templeman, Richmond[1][7]
- John J. Toler, Richmond[1]
- Peterfield Trent, Richmond[1]
- Fleming Tucker, Richmond[1]
- John J. Whitehurst, Norfolk[6]
- Seth Woodroof, Lynchburg[8]
- Charles T. Wortham, Richmond[1]
- William Wortham, Richmond[1]
- William Wyatt, Richmond[1]
See also
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.
- ↑ 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.
- Heier, Jan Richard (March 2010). "Accounting for the Business of Suffering: A Study of the Antebellum Richmond, Virginia, Slave Trade". Abacus: A Journal of Accounting, Finance, and Business Studies. 46 (1): 60–83. doi:10.1111/j.1467-6281.2010.00306.x.
- 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.