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Jonathan M. Wilson
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Jonathan Means Wilson, usually advertising as J. M. Wilson, was a 19th-century slave trader of the United States who trafficked people from the Upper South to the Lower South as part of the interstate
Advertisement from J.M. Wilson for sale of Maryland and Virginia Negroes
Advertisement from J.M. Wilson for sale of Maryland and Virginia Negroes
Runaway slave ad, likely placed by Hindes (Baltimore Sun, January 6, 1863)
Runaway slave ad, likely placed by Hindes (Baltimore Sun, January 6, 1863)
Traders including Shadrack F. Slatter, Walter L. Campbell, Joseph Bruin, and J. M. Wilson used this site at Esplanade and Chartres (previously Moreau)
Traders including Shadrack F. Slatter, Walter L. Campbell, Joseph Bruin, and J. M. Wilson used this site at Esplanade and Chartres (previously Moreau) in New Orleans at various times
J.M. Wilson listed among other New Orleans slave dealers in the 1861 city directory
J.M. Wilson listed among other New Orleans slave dealers in the 1861 city directory
Hope H. Slatter
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Hope Hull Slatter was a 19th-century American slave trader with an "extensive establishment and private jail, for the keeping of slaves" on Pratt Street in Baltimore, Maryland. He gained "wealth and i
Jonathan M. Wilson
…records, Wilson was born in 1796 or 1797 in Virginia. Wilson began his career in Baltimore as what was called a trading agent, originally associated with Hope H. Slatter. In 1839 a J. W. Wilson of Baltimore was listed as the owner/shipper of 20 enslaved people being sent to S. F. Slatter in New Orleans on the barque…
"Cash for Negroes - HOPE H. SLATTER" (Baltimore Sun, Sept. 5, 1838)
"Cash for Negroes - HOPE H. SLATTER" (Baltimore Sun, Sept. 5, 1838)
Manifest of a coastwise slave shipment made from Baltimore to New Orleans by Hope H. Slatter, on the ship Scotia in September 1843
Manifest of a coastwise slave shipment made from Baltimore to New Orleans by Hope H. Slatter, on the ship Scotia in September 1843
The first group of 66 out of the 73 souls aboard is organized by height; beginning with Author Goodhand, age 21, 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), ending with Carol
The first group of 66 out of the 73 souls aboard is organized by height; beginning with Author Goodhand, age 21, 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), ending with Caroline Potts, age nine, 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m); Caroline is the only person with the surname Potts on the manifest