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The 1860 United States census was the eighth census conducted in the United States starting June 1, 1860, and lasting five months. It determined the population of the United States to be 31,443,321 [ 1 ] in 33 states and 10 organized territories.
Thomas B. Poindexter was an American slave trader and cotton planter. He had the highest net worth, US$350,000 (equivalent to $11,868,889 in 2023), of the 34 active resident slave traders indexed as such in the 1860 New Orleans census, ahead of Jonathan M. Wilson and Bernard Kendig.
Eddins also appears on the 1860 slave schedules for Lincoln County as the legal enslaver of 40 people. [9] Of the 40 enslaved people associated with S. G. Eddins, 11 were designated as "fugitives from the state," including a 13-year-old, a 12-year-old, a seven-year-old, two five-year-olds, and a one-year-old. [ 9 ]
That individual, she learned, was Govan Mills, who according to an 1850 “slave schedule” owned more than 100 slaves in North Carolina and South Carolina.
At the time of the 1860 U.S. federal census, Maples, occupation "planter," with personal property valued at $10,000, lived in Redfork Township, Desha County, Arkansas, in a household shared with an overseer, a housekeeper, and their respective families. [1] The slave schedules show that 70 enslaved people worked on Maples' plantation. [15]
Seth Woodroof (c. 1805 – August 4, 1875) was a slave trader based in Lynchburg in central Virginia, United States. He was an interstate trader who ran what the Lynchburg Museum called the "most active and infamous" [1] slave pen in the city. He is believed to have been actively trading from approximately 1830 until the beginning of the ...
At the time of the 1860 federal census, Elam resided in New Orleans. His occupation was listed as "slave depot" and he reported owning $20,000 in real estate and owning $9,000 in personal property. [1] Elam was listed as the owner of seven people on the slave schedules that year, ranging in age from 11 to 35. [17]
In 1860 John J. Poindexter appeared in the federal census of New Orleans with occupation "slave depot," and personal property worth $40,000. His nearest neighbors were the households of his business partner Montgomery Lyttle, and another slave trader, R.H. Elam. [17] He was listed on the 1860 slave schedules as personally owning three people. [18]