List of District of Columbia slave traders

This is a list of slave traders working in the District of Columbia from 1776 until 1865, including traders operating in Alexandria, Virginia before the establishment of the District in 1800 and after the retrocession in 1847:

Jesse Bernard

James H. Birch, District of Columbia and Alexandria, Va. A. W. Brandon Jack Brinkley James Childress and George A. Phifer Davis & Kincaid Samuel J. Dawson, Natchez, Miss. Washington, D.C. and Alabama Jesse Dollerhide Jilson Dove, Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland Dyer family, District of Columbia Robert W. Fenwick, Washington, D.C. Franklin & Armfield, Alexandria John Gadsby John Gales James Green, Washington, and Newport, Maryland Haden, Washington, D.C. William Harding Samuel C. Hunt S. C. Hunt, James Austin & Edward Smith John S. Hutchinson John S. Hutcherson, Georgetown, D.C. George Kephart, Maryland, Virginia, District of Columbia E. P. Legg, District of Columbia Thomas Magruder, Washington, D.C. Jesse Meek Jr., Washington, D.C. and Louisiana George Miller, F Street Joseph W. Neal, District of Columbia Mellon, Alexandria Thomas Milburn, Washington, D.C. William H. Richards, Washington, D.C. Tench Ringold, Washington, D.C. Thomas Robertson John Edward Robey, Washington, D.C. Washington Robey, Washington, D.C. Joseph Semmes, Georgetown, D.C. Simpson, Washington during the Jackson administration Thomas Williams, Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Vidalia, Miss. Williams H. Williams Williams, Washington, D.C. Jackson M. Yancey Ann Young & Peter Hevener

See also History of slavery in the District of Columbia List of slave traders of the United States List of Maryland and Delaware slave traders List of Virginia slave traders

References

Sources

Further reading Corrigan, Mary Beth. “Imaginary Cruelties? A History of the Slave Trade in Washington, D.C.” Washington History, vol. 13, no. 2, 2001, pp. 4–27. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40073372. Accessed 5 Dec. 2024.