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* Otterman, Louisville{{sfnp|James|1886|p=17}} <ref>{{Cite web |title=Harry Smith, b. 1815?. Fifty Years of Slavery in the United States of America. |url=https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/smithhar/smithhar.html |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=docsouth.unc.edu |page=106}}</ref> * Otterman, Louisville{{sfnp|James|1886|p=17}} <ref>{{Cite web |title=Harry Smith, b. 1815?. Fifty Years of Slavery in the United States of America. |url=https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/smithhar/smithhar.html |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=docsouth.unc.edu |page=106}}</ref>
* George Payton, Robards gang trading agent and kidnapper{{sfnp|Coleman|1940|p=211}} * George Payton, Robards gang trading agent and kidnapper{{sfnp|Coleman|1940|p=211}}
* Peck, Washington County, Ky.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Life of the Rev. Elisha W. Green, one of the founders of the Kentucky normal and theological institute ... |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t2w37tf1b?urlappend=%3Bseq=17 |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=HathiTrust |page=3 | hdl=2027/loc.ark:/13960/t2w37tf1b?urlappend=%3Bseq=17 |language=en}}</ref> * Peck, Washington County, Ky.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Green |first=Elisha W. |date=1888 |title=Life of the Rev. Elisha W. Green, One of the Founders of the Kentucky Normal and Theological Institute |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t2w37tf1b?urlappend=%3Bseq=17 |via=HathiTrust |page=3 |language=en |location=Maysville, Kentucky |publisher=Republican Printing Office
|hdl=2027/loc.ark:/13960/t2w37tf1b?urlappend=%3Bseq=17}}</ref>
* ], Natchez, Miss.,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1847-10-20 |title=100 Likely Young Negroes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/mississippi-free-trader-100-likely-young/130421294/ |access-date= |work=Mississippi Free Trader |pages=3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1849-09-22 |title=Runaway |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-semi-weekly-mississippi-free-trader/143996973/ |access-date= |work=The Semi-Weekly Mississippi Free Trader |pages=3}}</ref> Louisville, Ky. and New Orleans<ref>{{Cite news |date=1847-06-05 |title=$100 Reward |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/baton-rouge-gazette-100-reward/131989590/ |access-date= |work=Baton-Rouge Gazette |pages=2}}</ref> * ], Natchez, Miss.,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1847-10-20 |title=100 Likely Young Negroes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/mississippi-free-trader-100-likely-young/130421294/ |access-date= |work=Mississippi Free Trader |pages=3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1849-09-22 |title=Runaway |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-semi-weekly-mississippi-free-trader/143996973/ |access-date= |work=The Semi-Weekly Mississippi Free Trader |pages=3}}</ref> Louisville, Ky. and New Orleans<ref>{{Cite news |date=1847-06-05 |title=$100 Reward |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/baton-rouge-gazette-100-reward/131989590/ |access-date= |work=Baton-Rouge Gazette |pages=2}}</ref>
* ], Louisville{{sfnp|McDougle|1918|p=20}}{{sfnp|Coleman|1940|p=167}}{{sfnp|Fitzpatrick|2008|page=29}}<ref name=":33" />{{sfnp|O'Brien|2014|p=826}} and Montgomery, Ala.{{sfnp|Bancroft|2023|page=295}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1860-10-27 |title=Negroes for Sale |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/southern-statesman-negroes-for-sale/149738067/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |work=Southern Statesman |pages=4}}</ref> and St. Louis,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1847-05-06 |title=Negroes Wanted and Boarded |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-negroes-wanted-a/148354055/ |access-date=2024-05-30 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |pages=5}}</ref> and New Orleans * ], Louisville{{sfnp|McDougle|1918|p=20}}{{sfnp|Coleman|1940|p=167}}{{sfnp|Fitzpatrick|2008|page=29}}<ref name=":33" />{{sfnp|O'Brien|2014|p=826}} and Montgomery, Ala.{{sfnp|Bancroft|2023|page=295}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1860-10-27 |title=Negroes for Sale |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/southern-statesman-negroes-for-sale/149738067/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |work=Southern Statesman |pages=4}}</ref> and St. Louis,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1847-05-06 |title=Negroes Wanted and Boarded |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-negroes-wanted-a/148354055/ |access-date=2024-05-30 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |pages=5}}</ref> and New Orleans

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Map of Kentucky engraved by Young and Delleker for the 1827 edition of Anthony Finley's General Atlas (Geographicus Rare Antique Maps)

This is a list of slave traders active in the U.S. state of Kentucky.

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Gray & Stewart
  • C. C. Green & Co.
  • Pierce Griffin, Lexington
  • John Harris, Kentucky and 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
  • Kelly
  • Thomas Kelly, Louisville
  • William H. Kelly
  • James Kelly, Kentucky
  • Hiram Lawrence, Lexington
  • Joshua Lee, Louisville
  • 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
  • John Mattingly, Louisville and Lexington and St. Louis, Mo.
  • Neal McCann, Lexington
  • McGowan, Lexington
  • James McMillin, Maysville
  • Thomas B. Megowan, Lexington
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

Citations

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