"Sale of Negroes"
Dublin Core
Title
"Sale of Negroes"
Description
The Southern Planter quoted a Warrenton (Va.) Whig report that Dickinson, Hill, & Co. "reached the enormous sum of two millions [dollars]" in sales. The Whig estimated that the gross sales of Richmond's slave traders exceeded four million dollars.
Creator
Southern Planter
Date
February 1857
Contributor
Library of Virginia
Rights
cc by-sa
Format
Journal
Identifier
14_0430_001.JPG
Citation
Southern Planter, “"Sale of Negroes",” To Be Sold: Virginia and the American Slave Trade, accessed October 31, 2025, https://virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/389.