List of Maryland slave traders explained

This is a list of slave traders working in Maryland from 1776 until 1865:

• G. T. Allen
• David Anderson, Kentucky and Baltimore (?)
• John Blackwell, Bladensburg^[1]
• Joseph Bush, Salisbury, Md.^[2]
• Bernard M. Campbell, Walter L. Campbell, and relations, Baltimore and New Orleans,^[3]
• Col. Benjamin Chambers, Baltimore^[4]
• George Davis, Maryland^[5]
• John N. Denning, Baltimore^{[6] [7]}
• Charles Dickinson, Maryland, Tennessee, and Louisiana^[8]
• Jilson Dove, Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland^{[9] [10]}
• Joseph S. Donovan, Baltimore^{[11] [12] [13] [14] [15]}
• Green Harris Duke, Baltimore (as G. H. Duke with J. M. Wilson),^[16] Frederick, Md.^{[17] [18] [19]} and Georgia^[20] (affiliate of Theophilus Freeman of Georgia)^[21]
• Henry Fairbanks, Baltimore
• Marsa Fountain^[22]
• John Gooding, Baltimore, importing from Africa to Cuba
• Henry Gordon, Maryland and Mississippi^{[23] [24]}
• E. Guyton, Baltimore^[25]
• William Harker, Baltimore^[26] and Dorchester, Md.
• O. C. and S. Y. Harris, Upper Marlboro, Md.^[27]
• Octavius Harris, Calvert County^[28]
• A. E. Jones, Talbott County, Md.
• Legg & Williams, Annapolis, Md.^[29]
• F. McCann, Hagerstown, Md.^[30]
• Mass or Marcy Fountain, Caroline County, Maryland^{[31] [32]} and Delaware^[33]
• George Kephart, Maryland, Virginia, District of Columbia
• William B. Petit
• James Franklin Purvis (and Isaac F. Purvis), Baltimore^[34]
• Roberson, Maryland and South Carolina^[35]
• Lewis Scott, Baltimore
• Henry F. Slatter, Baltimore and New Orleans
• Hope H. Slatter, Baltimore
• Jack Willison, Maryland and Alabama^[36]
• Mr. Thompson, Baltimore and the lands of the Cherokee nation^[37]
• J. M. Wilson, Baltimore and New Orleans
• Lewis Winters, Baltimore
• Austin Woolfolk, Baltimore
• Joseph B. Woolfolk, Eastern Shore, Maryland, and Natchez^[38]
• Samuel Martin Woolfolk, Baltimore, New Orleans, and Natchez^[39]
• C. A. Yeats, Port Tobacco, Md.^[40]

See also

• History of slavery in Maryland
• 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.
• Calderhead . William . 1977 . The Role of the Professional Slave Trader in a Slave Economy: Austin Woolfolk, A Case Study . Civil War History . en . 23 . 3 . 195–211 . 10.1353/cwh.1977.0041 . 143907436 . 1533-6271.
• Book: Jay, William . William Jay (jurist) . A View of the Action of the Federal Government, In Behalf of Slavery . Utica, N.Y. . J.C. Jackson . 1844 .
• Book: Schermerhorn . Calvin . Chapter 10. The Coastwise Slave Trade and a Mercantile Community of Interest . 209–224 . Slavery's Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development . Rockman . Seth Edward . Beckert . Sven . 2016 . Philadelphia . University of Pennsylvania Press . 978-0-8122-4841-8 . Early American Studies . 2016304619 . ocn945028802 . 10.9783/9780812293098-011 . j.ctt1dfnrs7 .
• Book: Stowe, Harriet Beecher . Harriet Beecher Stowe . 1853 . . J. P. Jewett & Co. . Boston . 21879838M . 02004230 . 317690900.  
• Williams . Jennie K. . 2020-04-02 . Trouble the water: The Baltimore to New Orleans coastwise slave trade, 1820–1860 . Slavery & Abolition . en . 41 . 2 . 275–303 . 10.1080/0144039X.2019.1660509 . 203494471 . 0144-039X.

Notes and References

1. Web site: J. T. Henry searching the relatives of his mother July Henry (formerly July Farrow) · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery . 2024-12-02 . informationwanted.org.
2. News: 1866-10-01 . Mail Agent . 2024-10-12 . Daily Republican . 2.
3. Maurie D. McInnis . 2013 . Mapping the Slave Trade in Richmond and New Orleans . Buildings & Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum . 20 . 2 . 102 . 10.5749/buildland.20.2.0102. 160472953 .
4. News: 1826-03-24 . Was committed to the jail of Henrico as a runaway . 4 . Richmond Enquirer . 2023-09-17.
5. Web site: Race and Slavery Petitions, Digital Library on American Slavery . 2024-06-26 . dlas.uncg.edu.
6. Sherwin . Oscar . 1945 . Trading in Negroes . Negro History Bulletin . 8 . 7 . 160–166 . 44214396 . 0028-2529.
7. News: 1925-04-05 . John M. Denning . 2024-10-12 . Evening star . 73.
8. News: 1883-05-23 . In the neglected private graveyard... . 2024-10-04 . New Castle News . 3.
9. News: 1832-04-14 . American Papers . 2024-05-10 . Caernarfon and Denbigh Herald . 3.
10. Book: Genius of Universal Emancipation . 1833 . B. Lundy . 128 . en.
11. News: Worth . Perk . 1878-09-10 . Slave Prisons . 4 . Bedford County Press and Everett Press . 2023-08-14.
12. News: 1860-01-17 . cash for negroes . 4 . The Baltimore Sun . 2023-08-14.
13. Web site: Messick . Richard F. . Site of Donovan Eutaw St. Slave Jail - Site where the business of slavery once took place. . 2023-08-14 . Explore Baltimore Heritage . en.
14. News: 1847-11-25 . For sale . 2 . The Baltimore Sun . 2023-09-18.
15. Web site: 2022-05-04 . Photographs by Amy Davis . Seeing the Unseen: Baltimore's slave trade . 2023-10-08 . Baltimore Sun.
16. News: 1853-11-22 . Cash for Negroes . 2024-12-02 . The Baltimore Sun . 4.
17. Web site: Case file 105-018: Finnall vs Freeman, 1838–1844 . 2024-11-11 . City of Fredericksburg Circuit Court Archive.
18. Web site: United States Census, 1850 . FamilySearch . Entry for Green H Duke and Elizabeth Duke, 1850.
19. Washington National Intelligencer 28 Dec 1833, Washington, Washington-DC, USA pg 3
20. Web site: Warren Co.NC THE COLONIAL PERIOD_Harris_1 . 2024-11-11 . www.ncgenweb.us.
21. Web site: The federal union. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1830-1861, April 24, 1833, Image 1 « Georgia Historic Newspapers . 2024-11-11 . gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu.
22. Web site: Henry Stanberry seeking his father, brother, and sister · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery . 2024-12-01 . informationwanted.org.
23. Book: Lucas, Marion B. . A History of Blacks in Kentucky: From Slavery to Segregation, 1760–1891 . 2014 . Kentucky Historical Society . 978-0-916968-32-8 . Frankfort . 92024574 . 2nd . 1007290645 . en-us . 98 . . 2003.
24. News: 1829-09-23 . Affray and murder . 3 . Cherokee Phoenix, and Indians' Advocate . 2023-09-17.
25. News: 1832-04-14 . American Papers . 2024-05-10 . Caernarfon and Denbigh Herald . 3.
26. Web site: The Baltimore Sun 14 Nov 1843, page 4 . 2023-08-18 . Newspapers.com . en.
27. News: 1846-04-02 . Negroes wanted . 5 . Port Tobacco Times and Charles County Advertiser . 2023-09-08.
28. Web site: Henry Quay searching for his father Henry Quay, mother Susan and several siblings · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery . 2024-12-02 . informationwanted.org.
29. News: 1830-05-20 . Cash for Negroes, Legg & Williams . 2024-05-30 . Maryland Gazette . 4.
30. News: 1824-09-14 . F. McCann . 2024-05-29 . The Torch Light And Public Advertiser . 1.
31. News: 1849-10-27 . Another Attempt at Kidnapping . 2024-05-24 . Anti-Slavery Bugle . 1.
32. Web site: Bridgetown . 2024-10-05 . Caroline County Historical Society.
33. News: 1848-07-14 . Samuel D. Burns letter . 2024-05-24 . Anti-Slavery Bugle . 1.
34. Book: 2002 . Schipper . Martin . A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Papers of the American Slave Trade, Part 1. Rice Ballard Papers, Series C: Selections from the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries . Lexis Nexis . vii–viii . 1-55655-919-4.
35. News: 1811-05-17 . Ten Dollars Reward . 2024-06-23 . The North-Carolina Star . 1.
36. News: 1836-04-01 . Peter and Dilsey Williams . 2024-10-12 . The Charleston Mercury . 3.
37. News: 1823-06-20 . Committed . 3 . Knoxville Register . 2023-09-17.
38. News: 1829-11-14 . Negroes for Sale . 2024-08-15 . Mississippi Gazette . 3.
39. Web site: Lindsey . William D. . 2023-08-04 . Samuel Kerr Green (1790-1860): The Years Working on James Hopkins' Plantation in New Orleans, Early 1830s . 2023-09-30 . Begats and Bequeathals . en.
40. http://mdhistory.msa.maryland.gov/msaref09/msa_scm6824/pdf/msa_scm6824-0079.pdf