Enslavementto
freedom
Harrisburg on the eve
of Civil War
Study Areas
Articles and Features
- Kidnapping of Rachel Parker, December 1851
- The Kidnapping of Children to Supply the Domestic Slave Trade
- The 1821 Murder Trial of John Read
- Slave-Catching: Two Early Test Cases
- The Patty Cannon Gang, 1821-1829
- The Slave Trading Operations of Hope Hull Slatter, 1831-1848
- The Tragic Story of Isaac Lee, 1842-1847
- Hope H. Slatter Buys a Mortally Ill Woman, 1840
Slave Merchant Advertisements
- Alexandria, VA, William Robins & Jones, February 1806
- Alexandria, VA, Franklin & Armfield, January 1832
- Alexandria, VA, Franklin & Armfield, March 1833
- Baltimore, MD, Anonymous trader, April 1801.
- Baltimore, MD, Austin Woolfolk, April 1832
- Baltimore, MD, Hope Hull Slatter, July 1843
- Baltimore, MD, Hope Hull Slatter, August 1844
- Washington D. C., James H. Burch (Birch), July 1836
- Washington D. C., William H. Williams, July 1836
Kidnappers
- Franklin & Armfield ad to locate kidnapper Patrick Welch
- Full Texts of News Articles About the Joe Johnson-Patty Cannon Kidnapping Gang
Resources
- Kinfolkology.org, featuring Oceans of Kinfolk, "a database of the coastwise traffic of enslaved people in the antebellum United States. Oceans of Kinfolk currently includes the names of more than 63,000 enslaved men, women and children trafficked to New Orleans from domestic ports between 1818 and 1860."
The Year of Jubilee
Vol. 1: Men of God and Vol. 2: Men of Muscle
by George F. Nagle
Both volumes of the Afrolumens book are now out of print but may be found used. You may also read the entire book free on this site by clicking the link below.
