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Alonzo James White (March 22, 1812 – July 1, 1885) was a 19th-century businessman of Charleston, South Carolina who was known as a "notorious" slave trader [1] and prolific auctioneer and thus oversaw the sales of thousands, if not tens of thousands, of enslaved Americans of African descent in his 30-year career in the American slave trade.
A typical 1853 slave trade in Charleston: Gilchrist sold Mary and "her two brown children" four-year-old Eugene, and two-year-old Sarah, "with the increase of the females," to Walter Steele for $1100. Gilchrist was actively trading slaves until 1859, demonstrating sustained commitment to the commerce in people. [25]
Wraggborough is a neighborhood in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, named after slave trader Joseph Wragg, and noted for its association with the slave trade. Wraggborough is part of Mazyck-Wraggborough, also referred to as Wraggborough for short. The neighborhood is located between Ansonborough to the south and Hampstead Village to the north.
Joseph Wragg (1698 – 1751) was a politician and slave trader in the Province of South Carolina.Born Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Wragg immigrated to the American colonies where he became a pioneer in the slave trade.
Charleston Library Society, founded in 1748, is a subscription library in Charleston, South Carolina. The library is the third oldest subscription library in the United States after the Library Company of Philadelphia (founded 1731 by Benjamin Franklin ) and the Redwood Library and Athenaeum of Newport, Rhode Island (1747).
The museum closed in 1987 due to budgeting issues. The City of Charleston and the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission restored the Old Slave Mart in the late 1990s. [7] The museum now interprets the history of the city's slave trade. The area behind the building, which once contained the barracoon and kitchen, is now a parking lot.
By 1750, Charleston had become a bustling trade center, the hub of the Atlantic trade for the southern colonies, and the wealthiest and largest city south of Philadelphia. By 1770, it was the fourth largest port in the colonies, after only Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, with a population of 11,000, slightly more than half of that slaves.
Charleston slave traders like Joseph Wragg were the first to break through the monopoly of the Royal African Company and pioneered the large-scale slave trade of the 18th century; almost one-half of enslaved people imported to the United States arrived in Charleston. [12] In 2018, the city formally apologized for its role in the American slave ...