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This is a list of slave traders working in Missouri from settlement until 1865:

  • Jim Adams, Missouri and New Orleans
  • Atkinson & Richardson, Tennessee, Kentucky, and St. Louis, Mo.
  • Reuben Bartlett, St. Louis, Mo. and Nashville
  • Henry Beck, St. Louis
  • Birch & Keary, St. Louis, Mo.
  • William T. Bridgford, St. Louis
  • Thomas Brindley, St. Louis
  • Brown & Taylor, Missouri and Vicksburg, Miss.
  • David Clayton, St. Louis
  • J. H. Darneal, Independence, Mo.
  • George P. Dorris, Platte County, Mo. and Louisiana
  • Jim Elerson, Missouri and Arkansas
  • John Farley, St. Louis
  • Thomas Fawcett
  • Patrick Foley, St. Louis
  • Francis Frederick, St. Louis
  • W. H. Gwin, St. Louis and Virginia
  • Philip Hart, St. Louis
  • Wash Henson, Dallas County
  • John D. James, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, etc.
  • Thomas Johnson, Cape Girardeau
  • William Johnson, St. Louis, Mo.
  • Curtis Kennedy, St. Louis
  • Riley S. Kennedy, St. Louis
  • Bernard M. Lynch, St. Louis
  • Matlock, St. Louis and Texas
  • John Mattingly, Louisville, Ky. and St. Louis, Mo.
  • Alfred B. McAfee, St. Louis, Mo.
  • McAfee & Blakey, St. Louis
  • John McDonald, St. Louis
  • James Maguire, St. Louis
  • Henry A. Meyer, St. Louis
  • Henry Mispal, St. Louis
  • Thomas Norton, St. Louis
  • Peter Norvey, St. Louis
  • Herman Peter, St. Louis
  • R. W. Sinclair, Audrain County
  • Asa B. Smith, St. Louis
  • M. Talbert, Liberty, Mo.
  • Corbin Thompson, St. Louis, Mo.
  • Patrick Tuthill
  • Walker
  • William Walker, St. Louis
  • Samuel Wells, St. Louis
  • John Wheelan, Rolla, Mo.
  • White, Lexington, Mo.
  • James White, Platte City (?)
  • John R. White, St. Louis and New Orleans
  • William White, St. Louis
  • Wright, St. Joseph, Mo.

See also

References

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  2. Hedrick (1927), p. 92.
  3. ^ Stowe (1853), p. 355.
  4. "Selling a Free Boy for a Slave". The Louisville Daily Courier. 1855-08-04. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  5. ^ Bancroft (2023), pp. 138–139.
  6. "The Irresistible Exodus". Newspapers.com. 1859-11-18. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  7. "Negroes for Sale". Vicksburg Whig. 1860-03-21. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  8. "Fifty Negroes for Sale". Vicksburg Whig. 1860-10-17. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
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  12. "Catherine Humbly searching for her mother Elizabeth Betsy and two brothers Charley Yandle and Sip Dinie · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  13. Colby (2024), p. 98.
  14. "Robert Hughes seeking the whereabouts of his brother Charley Calison and sister Millie Calison · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
  15. ^ Wong (2009), pp. 135–136.
  16. "Mary A. L. Dean (formerly Mary Ann Lucretia Lilse) searching for her sister Lucy Lisle · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  17. "The State of Mississippi". The Natchez Weekly Courier. 1847-06-16. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  18. "Wm. Johnson". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1847-06-12. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  19. "United States Census, 1850" https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZG-XB4 Entry for B M Lynch, 1850. - occupation: Negro trader, see also 1860 census
  20. ^ "Democratic Slave Markets (St. Louis, Mo.), T. W. Higginson, New York Tribune". The Liberator. 1856-08-01. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  21. Stowe (1853), p. 356.
  22. "Ellen Blackburn searching for her brothers Henry Perkins and George Washington (1st of 2 ads placed) · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
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  24. "Negroes - McAfee & Blakey". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 1854-08-04. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  25. Bancroft (2023), p. 140.
  26. "History of Monroe and Shelby counties, Missouri ... including a history of their townships, towns, and villages ... c.1". HathiTrust. p. 379. hdl:2027/chi.44765475. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  27. "Died". Daily Missouri Republican. 1858-07-18. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  28. Bancroft (2023), p. 141.
  29. Bancroft (2023), pp. 136–137.
  30. "Harriet, an infant v. Samuel T. McKenney". repository.wustl.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
  31. "From Rolla: An Interesting Phase of the Contraband Question". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 1861-12-07. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  32. "The Kansas City Star 20 Sep 1908, page 15". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  33. Bruce, Henry Clay (1895). The New Man: Twenty-nine Years a Slave. Twenty-nine Years a Free Man. Recollections of H. C. Bruce. P. Anstadt & sons. pp. 103–104.
  34. "Charlotte Summers looking for information about her daughter Anna Morrow (or Anna Chiles) · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  35. Bancroft (2023), p. 378.
  36. Bancroft (2023), pp. 143.

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