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This is a list of slave traders active in the U.S. state of Kentucky from settlement until the end of the American Civil War in 1865.

• A. Blackwell, Lexington
• Lewis Allen, "professional kidnapper," Maysville
• David Anderson, Kentucky and Baltimore (?)
• John W. Anderson, Mason County
• Jordan Arterburn
• Tarlton Arterburn
• Atkinson & Richardson, Tennessee, Kentucky, and St. Louis, Mo.
• J. H. Bagby
• J. G. Barclay & Co.
• Kinchen Battoe, Kentucky
• William Beck, Glasgow, Ky.
• Blackwell and Ballard
• Blackwell, Murphy, and Ferguson, Kentucky and Forks of the Road, Natchez, Miss.
• Washington Bolton, Lexington
• Bolton, Dickens & Co.
• Boyce, Kentucky
• Boyce, near Frankfort, Ky.
• Return Bradley, Clark County, and New Orleans
• Dr. Brady, Hopkinsville, Ky.
• Robert B. "Old Bob" Brashear, Salem, Va. and Alexandria, Va. and New Orleans and Louisville, Ky.
• P. N. Brent, Lexington
• Booz Browner, Robards gang trading agent and kidnapper
• J. C. Buckles
• Jacob T. Cassell
• Joshua Cates, Christian County, Ky.
• John Clark, Louisville
• John R. Cleary, Lexington
• Asa Collins, Lexington
• H. Collons, Lexington
• A. B. Colwell, Lexington
• Corbin, South Carrollton on Green River
• Mr. Cooper, Kentucky
• William P. Davis, Louisville
• E. R. Dean
• R. H. Elam
• George Ernwine
• George Ferguson, Lexington
• Ford, Kentucky, Mississippi, and New Orleans
• Hugh L. Foster
• Matthew Garrison
• J. C. Gentry, Louisville
• Austin Gibbons
• Ben. Gilbert, Louisville
• Gray & Stewart
• C. C. Green & Co.
• Pierce Griffin, Lexington
• John Harris, Kentucky, possibly kidnapping in Richmond, Indiana
• Harrison, Washington County, Ky.
• Henry H. Haynes, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tenn.
• J. M. Heady, Lexington
• David Heran
• J. M. Hewett
• William Hill, Robards gang trading agent and kidnapper
• W. A. Holland
• Judge Houston, Hopkinsville, Ky.
• Michael Hughes, Lexington
• Hughes & Downing, Lexington
• John Hunter, Louisville
• Jordan and Tolt, Louisville and New Orleans
• Kelly
• Thomas Kelly, Louisville
• William H. Kelly
• James Kelly, Kentucky
• Hiram Lawrence, Lexington
• Joshua Lee, Louisville
• Lipscum & Day, Frankfort
• R. W. Lucas, Lexington
• John Madinglay, Nelson County
• George W. Maraman, Robards gang trading agent and kidnapper
• Silas Marshall, Lexington
• George S. Marshall
• James G. Mathers, Lexington
• Bill Matney
• John Mattingly, Louisville and Lexington and St. Louis, Mo.
• Neal McCann, Lexington
• McGowan, Lexington
• McGowan, Woolford County
• James McMillin, Maysville
• Thomas B. Megowan, Lexington
• John Miller, Green County and Mississippi
• John T. Montjoy, Robards gang trading agent and kidnapper
• Muir, Ormsby & Co.
• Felix G. Murphy, Lexington
• Bill Myers, Madison County
• Elijah Noble, Frankfort
• Joseph H. Northcutt
• Northcutt, Marshall & Co.
• Ellis Oldham, Madison County
• Otterman, Louisville
• Owens, Georgetown
• George Payton, Robards gang trading agent and kidnapper
• Peck, Washington County, Ky.
• Benjamin Ward Powell, Natchez, Miss., Louisville, Ky. and New Orleans
• Thomas A. Powell, Louisville and Montgomery, Ala. and St. Louis, and New Orleans
• William A. Pullum, Lexington
• Redford
• Gabriel Reed
• Reynolds, Louisville, Ky.
• Alfred O. Robards, Robards gang trading agent and kidnapper
• Lewis C. Robards, Lexington
• David Ross, Louisville, Ky.
• Franklin B. Rust, Covington
• A. C. Scott
• Austin H. Slaughter
• William Stansberry, Kentucky and Mississippi
• Everett Stillwell, Robards gang trading agent and kidnapper
• Edward Stone, Bourbon County and Harrison County ("Bluegrass area")
• John Stickney, Louisville
• John Stringer
• William F. Talbott, Louisville and Lexington
• Joseph Thompson, Harrison County
• Robert H. Thompson, Lexington
• Unidentified traders, Mt. Sterling
• J. Watson, Louisville
• Richard Watson, Louisville, Ky. and New Orleans
• Silas Wheeler, Clinton County
• Robert K. White
• W. F. White, Lexington
• W. P. White & Co., Lexington
• Wilson, Shelbyville and Lexington
• Emanuel Wolfe
• Heaman Wood
• Rodes Woods, Robards gang trading agent and kidnapper
• Charles H. Woolford
• Henry Young, "professional kidnapper," Maysville
• John S. Young, Louisville

See also

• History of slavery in Kentucky
• Bibliography of the slave trade in the United States
• List of slave traders of the United States

Citations

1. ^ Bancroft (2023), p. 132.
2. ^ Clark (1934), p. 339.
3. Calderhead (1977), p. 202.
4. Schermerhorn (2016), p. 219.
5. ^ Coon (2009), p. 835.
6. ^ McDougle (1918), p. 20.
7. ^ Bancroft (2023), p. 129.
8. ^ Coleman (1940), p. 167.
9. ^ Bancroft (2023), pp. 128–129.
10. Hedrick (1927), p. 92.
11. ^ Bancroft (2023), p. 127.
12. Bancroft (2023), pp. 125–126.
13. "Forgery and Scoundrelism". The Louisville Daily Courier. October 12, 1857. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
14. "Is Bound to Remain Rock-Ribbed Democrat". The Anaconda Standard. August 22, 1905. p. 11. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
15. ^ Clark (1934), p. 337.
16. Sydnor (1933), p. 156.
17. ^ Coleman (1940), p. 166.
18. "Twenty Dollars Reward". The Mississippi Messenger. June 24, 1806. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
19. Lundy, Benjamin F., ed. (November 1830). "From the National Gazette: The Domestic Slave Trade". Genius of Universal Emancipation. Vol. 1, no. 8. Microfilmed by Open Court Publishing Co. pp. 127–128 – via Internet Archive.
20. "Nelson Grey searching for his brother Henry Garner · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
21. ^ "Slave Narratives Of Kentucky". genealogytrails.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
22. "Cash for Negroes". Alexandria Gazette. March 11, 1851. p. 3.
23. "Robert B. Brashear". Alexandria Gazette. March 17, 1849. p. 3.
24. "Superstitious Sports - N. O. Times Picayune". The Shelby Guide. June 10, 1869. p. 4.
25. ^ Clark (1934), p. 336.
26. ^ Coleman (1940), p. 211.
27. Perrin (1884), p. 68.
28. ^ James (1886), p. 17.
29. "Charge of Inhumanity to a Negro". The Louisville Daily Courier. May 19, 1858. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
30. "Attempt to Sell Free Negroes". The Louisville Daily Courier. October 26, 1859. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
31. "Entry for John Clark and Lenll D Clark, 1860". United States Census, 1860. FamilySearch.
32. "July 22, 1854, Lexington Observer". The Lexington Herald. May 12, 1913. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
33. "Negroes for Sale". The Louisville Daily Courier. February 18, 1857. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
34. "Mrs. Patsey Smith (formerly Crockett) searching for her children Frank, Henry, Jane, and Ben · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
35. "NOTICE". The Argus of Western America. March 21, 1822. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
36. ^ Pettus (1924), p. 9.
37. "Entry for Willim P Davis and Eliza P Davis, 1860". United States Census, 1860. FamilySearch.
38. Bancroft (2023), pp. 129–130.
39. "More of the Princess Disaster". The Louisville Daily Courier. March 10, 1859. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
40. ^ Sydnor (1933), p. 155.
41. ^ McDougle (1918), p. 22.
42. "F. G. Gilbert searching for his mother Eliza Miller and sisters Sarah Jane and Rosa Miller · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
43. Bancroft (2023), p. 126.
44. ^ Bancroft (2023), p. 130.
45. "Emily Wilson (formerly Emily Priest) searching for her daughter Mary Ann · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
46. ^ Lucas (2014), p. 89.
47. ^ Coleman (1940), p. 150.
48. Lundy, Benjamin F., ed. (May 1832). "Kidnapping". Genius of Universal Emancipation. Vol. 2, no. 12. Microfilmed by Open Court Publishing Co. pp. 191–192. Whole No. 276, Vol. XII – via Internet Archive.
49. Bedford (1919), p. 110.
50. Mooney (1971), p. 45.
51. Colby (2024), pp. 62–63.
52. Coleman (1940), pp. 155–156.
53. Coleman (1940), pp. 151–154.
54. "Monticello". Natchez Democrat. December 24, 1850. p. 3.
55. "Mrs. Charlotte Mitchell searching for her brother Henderson, father Davey Jackson, and mother Maria · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
56. ^ Brown (1855), p. 114.
57. ^ McDougle, Ivan E. (1918b). "Slavery in Kentucky: The Development of Slavery". The Journal of Negro History. 3 (3): 214–239 (230, traders). doi:10.2307/2713409. ISSN 0022-2992. JSTOR 2713409. S2CID 149804505.
58. "Negroes wanted". The Courier-Journal. July 4, 1844. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
59. ^ Fitzpatrick (2008), p. 29.
60. ^ O'Brien (2014), p. 826.
61. Bancroft (2023), p. 126–127.
62. "Mrs. Caroline Perkin searching for her mother Hannah Penn and siblings Coleman and Margaret Penn · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
63. ^ Lucas (2014), p. 93.
64. Rothman, Joshua D. (October 6, 2021). "How the brutal trade in enslaved people has been whitewashed out of U.S. history". Pennsylvania Capital-Star. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
65. Clark (1934), p. 335.
66. ^ Coleman (1940), p. 155.
67. "Rosean Letcher searching for her son Jerry Able · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
68. Clark (1934), pp. 336–337.
69. Coleman (1940), pp. 166–167.
70. "Democratic Slave Markets (St. Louis, Mo.), T. W. Higginson, New York Tribune". The Liberator. August 1, 1856. p. 1.
71. Stowe (1853), p. 356.
72. "Amelia Fountain searching for her mother Margaret Johnson · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
73. ^ Coleman (1940), p. 170.
74. "Martha Gaines searching for her brother John Gaines and father Ned Gaines · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
75. Pettus (1924), pp. 8–9.
76. Coleman (1940), p. 139.
77. Smith, Harry. Fifty Years of Slavery in the United States of America. p. 106 – via Documenting the American South (docsouth.unc.edu).
78. "Polly Reed searching for her mother Clarisa and several siblings · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
79. Green, Elisha W. (1888). Life of the Rev. Elisha W. Green, One of the Founders of the Kentucky Normal and Theological Institute. Maysville, Kentucky: Republican Printing Office. p. 3. hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t2w37tf1b – via HathiTrust.
80. "100 Likely Young Negroes". Mississippi Free Trader. October 20, 1847. p. 3.
81. "Runaway". The Semi-Weekly Mississippi Free Trader. September 22, 1849. p. 3.
82. "$100 Reward". Baton-Rouge Gazette. June 5, 1847. p. 2.
83. Bancroft (2023), p. 295.
84. "Negroes for Sale". Southern Statesman. October 27, 1860. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
85. "Negroes Wanted and Boarded". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 6, 1847. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
86. Wilson (2023), p. 22.
87. "Police Court". The Louisville Daily Courier. July 10, 1855. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
88. "David Ross, 1861, 633 E Jefferson, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, Late Negro Trader". U.S., City Directories, 1822–1995. Ancestry.com.
89. McDaniel, W. Caleb. "Wiki - Frank Rust". Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America. rice.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
90. "John, committed to jail in Warren County". Vicksburg Daily Whig. August 16, 1853. p. 3.
91. McDougle (1918), pp. 21–22.
92. Phillips (1936), p. 196. sfnp error: no target: CITEREFPhillips1936 (help)
93. "Petition 20783512". Race and Slavery Petitions, Digital Library on American Slavery. dlas.uncg.edu.
94. "Mrs. Nellie McGowan searching for her son Sandy McGowan · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
95. "Tragical Affair". The Louisville Daily Courier. December 1, 1851. p. 3.
96. "Entry for Silas Wheeler and Rosea Wheeler, 1860". United States Census, 1860. FamilySearch.
97. Coleman (1940), p. 156.
98. "Laura White (formerly Laura Taylor) searching for her sister Annie Barnett · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
99. Bancroft (2023), p. 128.
100. Coleman (1940), p. 127.

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