List of largest slave sales in the United States explained

This is a list of largest slave sales in the United States, as measured by number of people listed for sale at one time, usually all derived from the same plantation or network of plantations due to death or debt of owner. Note: In compensation for advertising the sale, housing the "product" prior to the auction, and managing the transactions, traders typically took 2.5% of the sales.

Sale	Number of people listed	Start Date	Location	Owner(s)	Trader	Est. total value	Notes
John Ball Jr. estate auction^[1]	600		Charleston, South Carolina	John Ball Jr.	Jervey, Waring & White		Ball's heir Ann Ball bought 215 of the 600 for
Joseph Bond estate auction^[2]	566		Albany, Georgia	Joseph Bond
Great Slave Auction^[3]	436		Savannah, Georgia	Pierce Mease Butler

See also

• List of American slave traders
• Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball

Notes and References

1. Web site: McIntyre . Jennifer Berry Hawes,Gavin . 2023-06-16 . How a Grad Student Uncovered the Largest Known Slave Auction in the U.S. . 2023-07-17 . ProPublica . en.
2. Book: Bancroft, Frederic . . University of South Carolina Press . Introduction by Michael Tadman . 2023 . 978-1-64336-427-8 . Southern Classics Series . Columbia, S.C. . 174 (2.5% for brokers), 354–355 (Bond) . en-us . Frederic Bancroft . 1931.
3. News: 1859-07-05 . A GREAT SLAVE AUCTION IN GEORGIA. . South Australian Advertiser . 2023-07-17.