"Sale of Negroes"

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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 December 4, 2024, https://virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/389.