List of North Carolina slave traders
This is a list of slave traders operating in the U.S. state of North Carolina from settlement until 1865.
- Dr. James Alston[1]
- Baget & King[2]
- Briggs, Cleveland County and Alabama[3]
- Carson, North Carolina (?)[4]
- Charles Carson & Smith, Burke County and New Orleans[5]
- James Davis, North Carolina (?)[6]
- English, North Carolina and Mississippi[7]
- Elias Ferguson[8][9]
- Obadiah Fields[10]
- H. Forsyth, Statesville[11]
- Lewis Garland[12]
- Garret[13]
- James Gladiss[14]
- Tyre Glen, North Carolina (?)[15]
- Alla Bam Bill Haden, North Carolina, Alabama, and Texas[16][17]
- Bob Henry[16]
- Heway, North Carolina and Alabama[18]
- Alex. Hopkin, North Carolina and Georgia[19]
- Howard, Chapel Hill, and Virginia[20]
- James Huie and Josiah Huie, Rowan County[21][22]
- Bob Huay, North Carolina[23]
- Tillman (or Tilmon, Tilman, Tilghman) Hunt, North Carolina[24]
- Samuel Hunter, Maryland and Guilford County[25]
- Barnabas Ivy, Duplin County[26][27]
- Larken Lynch, North Carolina and Virginia[28]
- Henry Long, Person County[29]
- J. A. McArthur, Clinton[30]
- Spruce McCurry, Jerry Addison, and Add March, Davidson County and Memphis[31]
- John McKane, North Carolina and Alabama[32]
- D. McKay[33]
- McKeller, Virginia or North Carolina?[34]
- Ladson Mills, North Carolina and Mississippi[16]
- Mr. Nash, Caswell County or Rockingham County[35]
- Nelson, Hertford County[36]
- Alexander Nelson, Guilford County[37]
- Page, New Bern and New Orleans[38]
- Everett Peterson, Clinton[39]
- Joe Poindexter[40]
- Capt. Poll, Maryland and North Carolina[41]
- A. S. C. Powell, Clinton[39]
- Luke Powell, Clinton[42]
- Alexander Putney, North Carolina and Mississippi[43][44]
- Col. Allen Rogers, Wake County[45]
- John R. Sedgwick[46]
- William Simpson[47]
- David J. Southerland, Wilmington[30]
- Charles T. Stevens, Clinton[39]
- Mr. Stokes, North Carolina and Mississippi[48]
- Tisdale, Nash County[4]
- William Tisdale, North Carolina[49]
- Tomkins[50]
- Walker, Virginia and North Carolina[51]
- Whitfield, North Carolina[50]
- Thomas Woods, North Carolina and Mississippi[52]
- Charles Yancey and Jackson Yancey, Virginia and North Carolina[53]
See also
- List of slave traders of the United States
- Family separation in American slavery
- List of largest slave sales in the United States
- Movement to reopen the transatlantic slave trade
- Kidnapping into slavery in the United States
- Bibliography of the slave trade in the United States
- Slave markets and slave jails in the United States
References
- ^ "South Carolina—Barnwell District". The Charleston Mercury. January 14, 1846. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
- ^ "Committed to Jail". Tuskegee Republican. May 22, 1856. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
- ^ "Rachel Washburne searching for her sons Samuel and Lewis and daughter Rhoda · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ a b Jones-Rogers (2019), p. 118.
- ^ "To the editors of the American, KIDNAPPING". The Maryland Gazette. July 9, 1818. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ^ "Noah Foltz (formerly Noah Connor) seeking his mother Peggy Connor and siblings · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ "Taken Up". The Charlotte Journal. July 31, 1835. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ^ Colby (2024), p. 54.
- ^ "Elias Ferguson Papers, 1841-1883 - North Carolina Digital Collections". digital.ncdcr.gov. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ Fields, Obadiah. Obadiah Fields papers. Rockingham County (N.C.).
- ^ "Negroes Wanted - H. Forsyth, Statesville, North Carolina". Western Carolinian. December 27, 1834. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "Committed". The Democrat. July 7, 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
- ^ "Supposed murder". The Raleigh Register. March 22, 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
- ^ "BROKE JAIL". The Weekly Telegraph. August 14, 1830. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ^ Jones-Rogers (2019), p. 168.
- ^ a b c "Diana Johnson searching for numerous relatives including her father Jack Hellard · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "Dianna Johnson searching for her mother Hannah Hellard and siblings · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "Diana Johnson searching for her parents Jack and Hannah Hellard and several members of her family · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "Patience Arnett looking for her mother Harriet · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "NOTICE". Fayetteville Weekly Observer. June 2, 1836. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ "Negroes Wanted!". Western Carolinian. September 21, 1830. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "Bill of sale for four enslaved persons, Milly, Ann, Jack, and Mary, from James Huie and Josiah Huie to Samuel Guy, 1824 March 31 :manuscript signed. / American Slavery Documents / Duke Digital Repository". Duke Digital Collections. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ "Diana Johnson searching for her lost relatives · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BH-NHP Entry for Hunt and Mary Hunt, 1850.
- ^ "Ten Dollars Reward by John Lide for Jacob". The Raleigh Minerva. May 12, 1806. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
- ^ Sellers (2015), p. 159.
- ^ "Committed". The Democrat. Huntsville, Alabama. February 24, 1836. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
- ^ "William Tunstel seeking his brother McLeroy · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 11, North Carolina, Part 1, Adams-Hunter". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. p. 328. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
- ^ a b "slavery". Wilmington Journal. December 24, 1858. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
- ^ "Alfred Yancey (formerly Alfred Venable) searching for his seven brothers and one sister · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "Committed to jail of Mobile county". The Independent Monitor. November 17, 1841. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ^ "Heavy Robbery" Newspapers.com, The Leisure Hour, January 27, 1859, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leisure-hour-heavy-robbery/143865533/
- ^ "Stop the Runaway!". Fayetteville Weekly Observer. April 23, 1850. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ^ "Highway Robbery". The Charleston Daily Courier. August 25, 1830. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ^ "Jane Horton searching for mother Louisa Banks and brother Benjamin · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "Petition #21285530 Race and Slavery Petitions, Digital Library on American Slavery". dlas.uncg.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
- ^ "Sarah Oxley looking for her sister Dorcas Richardson · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ a b c "Notice—Negroes Wanted". Fayetteville Semi-Weekly Observer. December 15, 1859. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
- ^ "Charles Westley Blaylock searching for his brother James and sister Caroline · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "Taken Up". The Raleigh Minerva. August 30, 1811. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
- ^ "Superior Male Cook, at Private Sale". The Charleston Mercury. November 9, 1864. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ^ "Committed to the Jail of Amite County, Mississippi". Southern Planter. January 26, 1832. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
- ^ Sydnor (1933), p. 155.
- ^ Sherwin, Oscar (1945). "Trading in Negroes". Negro History Bulletin. 8 (7): 160–166. ISSN 0028-2529. JSTOR 44214396.
- ^ Colby (2024), p. 98.
- ^ "Condemnation". The Charleston Daily Courier. June 6, 1826. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ^ "Runaway Negro in Jail". The Arkansas Gazette. July 21, 1830. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ^ "Race and Slavery Petitions, Digital Library on American Slavery". dlas.uncg.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ a b "Alarming Occurrence". Fayetteville Weekly Observer. May 20, 1824. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ^ "Mary Haynes searching for her relatives, including her mother Matilda and sister Bettie · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ "Betty Allen searching for her father Bob Bannett and aunt Dinah · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "To the Public". Weekly Raleigh Register. May 7, 1824. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
Sources
- Colby, Robert K. D. (2024). An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oso/9780197578261.001.0001. ISBN 9780197578285. LCCN 2023053721. OCLC 1412042395.
- Jones-Rogers, Stephanie E. (2019). They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-21866-4.
- Sellers, James Benson (2015) [1950]. "Chapter 5: Traffic in Slaves". Slavery in Alabama. Library of Alabama Classics. Introduction by Harriet E. Amos Doss. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817389147. LCCN 50004433. OCLC 899157440.
- Sydnor, Charles S. (1933). Slavery in Mississippi. American Historical Association, Carnegie Corporation of New York. New York: D. Appleton-Century Co. LCCN 33033678. OCLC 1968805.