This is a list of slave traders active in Tennessee from settlement until 1865.
Contents
- John Anderson, Nashville [1]
- Pat Anderson, Tennessee and Louisiana [2]
- Atkinson & Richardson, Tennessee, Kentucky, and St. Louis, Mo. [3]
- Daniel Berry, Tennessee and Texas [4]
- Isaac L. Bolton, Memphis [5]
- Wade H. Bolton, Memphis
- Washington H. Bolton, Memphis [5]
- William L. Boyd Jr., Nashville [6]
- Boyd, Whitworth, and Taylor, Nashville [7]
- W. Bradford, Memphis [8]
- Will Brooks, Virginia and Tennessee [9]
- John Brown, Tennessee [10]
- Edward Bush, Tennessee [11]
- M. C. Cayce & Co., Memphis [5]
- John W. Chrisp, Memphis [12] [13]
- James Cook, Paris, Tennessee, and Mississippi [14]
- Clark Cummings, Clarksville, Tenn. [15]
- A. J. Cunningham, Memphis [16]
- Z. H. Curlin, Memphis [17]
- Dabbs & Porter, Nashville [18] [19]
- Anderson Delap, Memphis [16] [20]
- Nelson Delap, Memphis [20] [21]
- Norman Delap, Memphis [20] [21]
- Delap, Witherspoon & Fly, Memphis [20] [8]
- John A. Denie, Memphis [16]
- Thomas Dickins, Memphis and St. Louis
- W. E. Eliot, Memphis [5]
- Joseph Erwin, John Erwin, Abraham Wright, and Billings, [22] [23] and Joseph Thompson, possibly Samuel Spraggins, Tennessee and Louisiana [24]
- Andrew Ewing, Nashville [19]
- Aaron H. Forrest, Memphis, and Vicksburg, Miss. [25]
- Jeffrey E. Forrest, Memphis, and Vicksburg, Miss. [25]
- Jesse A. Forrest, Memphis [25]
- John N. Forrest, Memphis [25]
- Nathan Bedford Forrest [25] [26]
- William H. Forrest, Memphis, and Vicksburg, Miss. [25]
- S. and A. Fowlkes, Memphis [5]
- Glover & Boyd, Nashville [18]
- Goodbar, Tennessee and Montgomery, Ala. [27]
- Jonathan Harding, Sumner Co., Tennessee, and Natchez [28]
- E. S. Hawkins, Nashville [29] [30]
- Henry H. Haynes, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tenn. [31] [29] [32] [33]
- Peter Hickman, near Jonesboro, Tenn. [34]
- Byrd Hill, Memphis and Mississippi [16]
- Hill & Powell, Memphis [35]
- Hill, Weaver & Co., Memphis [36]
- George W. Hitchings, Nashville and Sumner County [32] [29] [37]
- Andrew Jackson [38] [39] and John Hutchings, Nashville and Natchez
- Damascus G. James, Memphis [21]
- David D. James, Nashville, Richmond, Va. and Natchez, Miss.
- John D. James, Nashville, Richmond, Va. and Natchez, Miss.
- Thomas G. James, Nashville, Richmond, Va. and Natchez, Miss.
- William G. James, Memphis [21]
- James & Harrison, Nashville [18]
- William Jenkins, Nashville [40]
- Richard Johnson & Jesse Meek, Tennessee and Forks of the Road [41]
- Benjamin Little, [42] [16] [43] [44] Montgomery Little, [45] [46] Chauncey Little & William Little, Memphis and Shelbyville, Tenn. [16] [37]
- R. W. Lucas, Nashville [32]
- Robert J. Lyles, Nashville [32]
- Maddock, Tennessee [47]
- Josiah Maples, Memphis
- Joseph Meek, Tennessee, Virginia and Mississippi [48] [49]
- A. A. McLean, Nashville [50] [51]
- James McMillin, Tennessee and Kentucky [52]
- N. A. McNairy, Nashville and Natchez [53]
- James S. Moffett, Troy, Tenn. [35]
- J. W. Morton, Nashville [54]
- Isaac Neville, Memphis [16]
- George N. Noel, Memphis [16]
- Petway, middle Tennessee and lower Mississippi valley [55]
- G. L. Pierce, Nashville [56]
- Rees W. Porter, Nashville [18] [19] [54]
- William Ramsey, Nashville and Virginia [18]
- John Rath, Smith Co., Tenn. [57]
- Dr. Ray, Tennessee (?) and Mississippi [58]
- Redman, Mississippi and Tennessee [59]
- John Reed, Tennessee and Mississippi [60]
- David Saffarans & Son (possibly, per Chase Mooney) [17]
- Thomas G. Saunders, Nashville [61]
- John Staples, Memphis [62]
- Thompson, near Nashville, Tennessee [11]
- Tom Tucker, Knoxville, Tenn. [63]
- Vanhook, Tennessee [64]
- A. Wallace, Memphis [16] [8] [65]
- John D. Ware, Memphis and Brownsville [12] [66]
- Warwick, Nashville [67]
- Webb, Merrill & Co., Nashville [32] [29]
- Frank Whiterspoon, Missouri and Tennessee [68]
- Alexander Williams, Nashville [69]
- Henry Williams, Nashville [19]
- Williams & Glover, Nashville [70]
- E. L. Willie, Memphis [8]
- Jerry Wilson, Tennessee [71]
- William Witherspoon, Memphis [16]
