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David Cobb (d. September 17, 1826) was an early 19th-century American slave trader. He was killed, along with Edward Stone, Howard Stone and two others, in the 1826 Ohio River slave revolt by slaves they were transporting south for resale. According to Benjamin Lundy's Genius of Universal Emancipation the slaves "been brought it is said from Maryland." Cobb, et al, had Cobb was based in Lexington, Kentucky at that time of his death, and had a brick house with a lot located on Constitution Street. The Alabama Department of Archives and History holds two bills of sale for people trafficked by Cobb: Cobb sold Primas and Mille in 1807 (or 1801), and bought Claiborn in Huntsville, Alabama Territory in 1818. At the time of his murder, a newspaper in Rhode Island stated that "One of the individuuls, who fell a victim to the fury of the slaves, as above recited, is a man who has for many years been engaged in the slave trade; and he possessed a heart so callous to all the feelings of our natures, that it is almost incredible to suppose that the pointed steel could reach its centre. He lived a life of iniquity—was a barbarian in principle, and humanity rejoices that 'the waves are upon him.'" Cobb's son Benjamin died in the 1833 cholera outbreak in Lexington.

References

1. ^ "1826 Enslaved Revolt on Ohio River · Notable Kentucky African Americans Database". nkaa.uky.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
2. Genius of Universal Emancipation 1826-10-14: Vol 2 Iss 5. Internet Archive. Open Court Publishing Co. 1826-10-14.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
3. "Notice". Lexington Weekly Press. 1826-03-13. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
4. "David Cobb bills of sale". digital.archives.alabama.gov. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
5. "Cobb". Literary Cadet and Rhode-Island Statesman. 1826-10-14. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
6. Clift, G. Glenn (1941). "KENTUCKY MARRIAGES AND OBITUARIES: VOLUME TWO (Continued)". Register of Kentucky State Historical Society. 39 (129): 373–391. ISSN 2328-8183.

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