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Draft:List of Tennessee slave traders

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Antebellum city directories from slave states can be valuable primary sources on the trade; slave dealers listed in the 1855 directory of Memphis, Tennessee, included Bolton & Dickens, Forrest & Maples operating at 87 Adams, Neville & Cunningham, and Byrd Hill
  • Atkinson & Richardson, Tennessee, Kentucky, and St. Louis, Mo.[1]
  • John W. Chrisp, Memphis[2][3]
  • James Cook, Paris, Tennessee, and Mississippi[4]
  • H. H. Haynes & Co., Nashville[5]
  • George W. Hitchings, Nashville[5]
  • R. W. Lucas, Nashville[5]
  • R. J. Lyles, Nashville[5]
  • Webb, Merrill & Co., Nashville[5]

References

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  1. ^ Hedrick (1927), p. 92.
  2. ^ "Record Trade card for the "Great Negro Mart" in Memphis, Tennessee". Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  3. ^ "(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) Trade card for John W Chrisp Co Dea". catalogue.swanngalleries.com. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  4. ^ "Runaways in Jail". Vicksburg Whig. 1860-11-14. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  5. ^ a b c d e Goodstein (1989), p. 138.

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