List of Alabama slave traders explained

This is a list of slave traders working in Alabama from settlement until 1865:

• Anderson, Alabama^[1]
• David Avery, Alabama^[2]
• Barnard & Howard, Montgomery, Ala.^[3]
• Bates, Virginia and Mobile, Ala.^[4]
• Robert Booth, Richmond and Alabama
• James Cooper, Montgomery, Ala.^[5]
• William Cooper, Alabama^[6]
• Samuel J. Dawson, Natchez,^[7] Washington, D.C. and Alabama^[8]
• Green Dennis, Mobile, Alabama^[9]
• Deupree & Williams, Greensboro, Ala.^[10]
• John Ferman, Alabama^[11]
• John Foster, Alabama^[12]
• Benjamin Gaines, Alabama
• T. Glen, Huntsville, Ala.
• John Goodin, Randolph County, Ala.^[13]
• John Gordon, Alabama
• Frederick A. Hall, Mobile, Ala.^{[14] [15]}
• Harris, Alabama^[16]
• Mason Harwell, Montgomery, Ala.
• Julius Hich, Alabama^[17]
• Hill & Hartwell, Montgomery, Ala.
• Waddy I. Jackson, Alabama
• Isaac Jarratt, Huntsville, Ala.^{[18] [19] [20]}
• Lavon & Foster, Montgomery, Ala.^[21]
• John W. Lindsey, Montgomery, Ala.
• Manor, Alabama^[22]
• Mason & Howard, Montgomery, Ala.
• John McCleskey, Mobile, Ala.^[23]
• John McKane, North Carolina and Alabama^[24]
• J. M. McKee, Girard, Ala.^[25]
• James Moore, Virginia and Alabama^[26]
• Powell & Co., Montgomery, Ala.
• Thomas A. Powell, Louisville, Ky. and Montgomery, Ala.^[27] and St. Louis,^[28] and New Orleans
• Ragland, Mobile, Ala.
• William H. Robertson, Mobile, Ala.Is
• A. J. Rux, Alabama
• Sharp, Montgomery, Ala.^[29]
• Belthazer Tardy, Mobile, Ala.
• Weatherly and Donald, Alabama^[30]
• Anderson West, Marion County, Ala.^[31]
• Wetherby, Prairie Bluff, Ala.^[32]
• Williamson & Puryear, Montgomery, Ala.
• Jack Willison, Maryland and Alabama^[33]
• John Woodden, Virginia and Alabama^[34]
• James Worth, Alabama

See also

• History of slavery in Alabama
• List of slave traders of the United States

Sources

• Book: Bancroft, Frederic . . 2023 . Frederic Bancroft . University of South Carolina Press . Southern Classics Series . 1931 . 978-1-64336-427-8 . Introduction by Michael Tadman.
• Book: Colby, Robert K. D. . An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South . Oxford University Press . 2024 . 9780197578285 . 2023053721 . 1412042395 . 10.1093/oso/9780197578261.001.0001 .
• Book: Friedman . Saul . 2017 . 9781351510769 . Jews and the American Slave Trade . Routledge .
• Book: Stowe, Harriet Beecher . Harriet Beecher Stowe . 1853 . . J. P. Jewett & Co. . Boston . 21879838M . 02004230 . 317690900.  
• Book: Sellers, James Benson . Slavery in Alabama . Library of Alabama Classics . Chapter 5: Traffic in Slaves . Introduction by Harriet E. Amos Doss . 9780817389147 . 899157440 . 2015 . 1950 . University of Alabama Press . Tuscaloosa . 50004433.

Notes and References

1. News: 1852-05-11 . $40 Reward . 2024-07-06 . The Weekly Advertiser . 3.
2. News: 1843-03-01 . $100 Reward . 1 . Fayetteville Weekly Observer . 2023-09-18.
3. News: 1916-03-28 . Another Modern Building Will Occupy Site of Former Slave Depot . 1 . The Montgomery Times . 2023-08-14.
4. News: 1840-07-24 . Was committed to the jail . 4 . The Independent Monitor . 2023-12-26.
5. News: 1837-08-12 . Runaway in Jail . 2024-06-23 . Cahawba Democrat . 4.
6. Web site: A memorial and biographical history of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell counties, Texas : containing a history of this important section of the great state ... v.2. . 2024-07-12 . HathiTrust . 735 . en.
7. News: 1828-03-22 . NOTICE . 2024-09-01 . The Weekly Democrat . 6.
8. News: 1830-08-12 . Cash in Market and Negroes Wanted, Samuel J. Dawson . 2024-05-30 . Daily National Intelligencer and Washington Express . 3.
9. News: Johanesen . Harry . 1968-07-26 . George Dennis -- won freedom, riches . 2024-04-20 . . 14 . Newspapers.com.
10. News: 1860-01-06 . Fire . 2024-06-21 . Alabama Beacon . 3.
11. News: 1852-02-17 . Committed . 2024-07-06 . The Weekly Advertiser . 4.
12. News: 1860-11-14 . Runaways in Jail . 2024-10-12 . Vicksburg Whig . 3.
13. Web site: Randolph County, Alabama, Sixty Two Years Ago The Red Man's Home, The White Man's Eden 1894-1896 .
14. News: 1860-03-20 . The Late Fire in Mobile . 2024-01-12 . The Courier-Journal . 4.
15. News: 1844-11-13 . NEGROES! NEGROES!!! . 2024-05-30 . Mobile Daily Advertiser . 2.
16. News: 1849-04-11 . Committed . 2024-07-06 . The Democrat . 1.
17. News: 1835-08-29 . Committed to the Jail . 2024-07-05 . Flag of the Union . 3.
18. Book: Colby, Robert . 2023 . Chapter 11: Waiting for Fevers to Abate: The Contagion and Fear in the Domestic Slave Trade . Business of Emotions in Modern History . Mandy L. . Cooper . Andrew . Popp . Bloomsbury Academic . London . 219–239 . 978-1-3502-6249-2 . 1294194709 . 10.5040/9781350268876.ch-11 .
19. Web site: 2009-10-12 . Isaac Jarratt papers, 1832-1979. – African American Documentary Resources . 2023-12-26 . en-US.
20. News: 1834-06-14 . NEGROES WANTED . 2024-03-27 . Carolina Watchman . 3.
21. News: 1853-02-10 . Committed . 2024-07-06 . The Autauga Citizen . 3.
22. News: 1836-02-24 . Committed . 2024-07-06 . The Democrat . Huntsville, Alabama . 4.
23. John McCleakey - 1861 - Mobile, Alabama, USA - Slave Dealer, cor Royal and Adams - Mobile, Alabama, City Directory, 1861
24. News: 1841-11-17 . Committed to jail of Mobile county . 2024-06-23 . The Independent Monitor . 4.
25. News: 1852-12-28 . Likely Negroes for Sale . 3 . Weekly Columbus Enquirer . 2023-08-21.
26. News: 1846-12-23 . Jailor's Notice . 2024-07-06 . The Democrat . 1.
27. News: 1860-10-27 . Negroes for Sale . 2024-06-21 . Southern Statesman . 4.
28. News: 1847-05-06 . Negroes Wanted and Boarded . 2024-05-30 . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . 5.
29. News: 1853-12-15 . Committed to Jail . 2024-07-06 . Tuskegee Republican . 3.
30. News: 1858-01-22. Murder. Alabama Beacon. en-us. Greensboro, Alabama. 2. 2024-10-21.
31. News: 1886-03-10 . History of Mason and Perry County, from 1817 to 1835 . 2024-06-21 . The Marion Times-Standard . 1.
32. News: 1858-01-15 . Murder in Wilcox . 2024-06-23 . The Cahaba Gazette . 2.
33. News: 1836-04-01 . Peter and Dilsey Williams . 2024-10-12 . The Charleston Mercury . 3.
34. News: 1851-07-02 . Committed to the Jail of Autauga County . 2024-06-21 . The Weekly Advertiser . 3.