List of Missouri and Arkansas slave traders

Map and view of St. Louis, 1848

This is a list of slave traders working in Missouri and Arkansas from settlement until 1865. The slave trade in Arkansas was comparatively small and developed relatively "late" in the antebellum era, such that "Like most areas of the state, neither Pope nor Conway County had an organized slave market. No existing county or court records, letters, or other documents mention slave dealers or firms routinely in the area, though small travelling dealers may have passed through western Arkansas, leaving no identifiable traces of their activities." ^[1]

• Jim Adams, Missouri and New Orleans ^[2]
• Atkinson & Richardson, Tennessee, Kentucky, and St. Louis, Mo. ^[3]
• Reuben Bartlett, St. Louis, Mo. ^[4] and Nashville ^[5]
• Henry Beck, St. Louis ^[6]
• Birch & Keary, St. Louis, Mo. ^[7]
• William T. Bridgford, St. Louis ^[6]
• Thomas Brindley, St. Louis ^[6]
• Brown & Taylor, Missouri and Vicksburg, Miss. ^{[8] [9]}
• David Clayton, St. Louis ^[6]
• J. H. Darneal, Independence, Mo. ^[10]
• George P. Dorris, Platte County, Mo. ^[11] and Louisiana ^[12]
• Jim Elerson, Missouri and Arkansas ^[13]
• John Farley, St. Louis ^[6]
• Thomas Fawcett ^[6]
• J. D. Fitzgerald, Little Rock ^[14]
• Patrick Foley, St. Louis ^[6]
• Francis Frederick, St. Louis ^[6]
• W. H. Gwin, St. Louis and Virginia ^[15]
• Philip Hart, St. Louis ^[6]
• Wash Henson, Dallas County ^[16]
• John D. James, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, etc. ^[17]
• Thomas Johnson, Cape Girardeau ^[18]
• William Johnson, St. Louis, Mo. ^{[19] [20]}
• Curtis Kennedy, St. Louis ^[6]
• Riley S. Kennedy, St. Louis ^[6]
• Bernard M. Lynch, St. Louis ^{[21] [22] [23]}
• Matlock, St. Louis and Texas ^[24]
• John Mattingly, Louisville, Ky. ^[25] and St. Louis, Mo. ^{[22] [6]}
• Alfred B. McAfee, St. Louis, Mo. ^{[4] [6]}
• McAfee & Blakey, St. Louis ^{[26] [27]}
• John McDonald, St. Louis ^[6]
• James Maguire, St. Louis ^[6]
• Henry A. Meyer, St. Louis ^[6]
• Henry Mispal, St. Louis ^[6]
• Thomas Norton, St. Louis ^[6]
• Peter Norvey, St. Louis ^[6]
• Herman Peter, St. Louis ^[6]
• R. W. Sinclair, Audrain County ^[28]
• Asa B. Smith, St. Louis ^[6]
• M. Talbert, Liberty, Mo. ^[29]
• Thomson, Little Rock ^[30]
• Corbin Thompson, St. Louis, Mo. ^{[22] [31]}
• Patrick Tuthill ^[6]
• Walker ^[32]
• William Walker, St. Louis ^{[17] [33]}
• Samuel Wells, St. Louis ^[6]
• John Wheelan, Rolla, Mo. ^[34]
• White, Lexington, Mo. ^{[35] [36]}
• James White, Platte City (?) ^[37]
• John R. White, St. Louis and New Orleans ^[38]
• William White, St. Louis ^[6]
• Wright, St. Joseph, Mo. ^[39]

See also

• History of slavery in Missouri
• List of slave traders of the United States

References

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3. Hedrick (1927), p. 92.
4. Stowe (1853), p. 355.
5. "Selling a Free Boy for a Slave". The Louisville Daily Courier. August 4, 1855. p. 4. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
6. Bancroft (2023), pp. 138–139.
7. "The Irresistible Exodus". Newspapers.com. November 18, 1859. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
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15. Colby (2024), p. 98.
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17. Wong (2009), pp. 135–136.
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23. Stowe (1853), p. 356.
24. "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 December 2, 2024.
25. Fitzpatrick (2008), p. 29.
26. "Negroes - McAfee & Blakey". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. August 4, 1854. p. 4. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
27. Bancroft (2023), p. 140.
28. "History of Monroe and Shelby counties, Missouri". HathiTrust. p. 379. hdl:2027/chi.44765475 . Retrieved July 12, 2024.
29. "Died". Daily Missouri Republican. July 18, 1858. p. 2. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
30. "Letters Waiting". True Democrat. November 9, 1859. p. 3. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
31. Bancroft (2023), p. 141.
32. Bancroft (2023), pp. 136–137.
33. "Harriet, an infant v. Samuel T. McKenney". repository.wustl.edu. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
34. "From Rolla: An Interesting Phase of the Contraband Question". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. December 7, 1861. p. 1. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
35. "The Kansas City Star 20 Sep 1908, page 15". Newspapers.com. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
36. 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.
37. "Charlotte Summers looking for information about her daughter Anna Morrow (or Anna Chiles) · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
38. Bancroft (2023), p. 378.
39. Bancroft (2023), pp. 143.

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