# List of Tennessee slave traders

This is a list of slave traders active in Tennessee from settlement until 1865.
* John Anderson, Nashville
* Pat Anderson, Tennessee and Louisiana
* Atkinson & Richardson, Tennessee, Kentucky, and St. Louis, Mo.
* Daniel Berry, Tennessee and Texas
* Isaac L. Bolton, Memphis
* Wade H. Bolton, Memphis
* Washington H. Bolton, Memphis
* William L. Boyd Jr., Nashville
* Boyd, Whitworth, and Taylor, Nashville
* W. Bradford, Memphis
* Will Brooks, Virginia and Tennessee
* John Brown, Tennessee
* Edward Bush, Tennessee
* M. C. Cayce & Co., Memphis
* John W. Chrisp, Memphis
* James Cook, Paris, Tennessee, and Mississippi
* Clark Cummings, Clarksville, Tenn.
* A. J. Cunningham, Memphis
* Z. H. Curlin, Memphis
* Dabbs & Porter, Nashville
* Anderson Delap, Memphis
* Nelson Delap, Memphis
* Norman Delap, Memphis
* Delap, Witherspoon & Fly, Memphis
* John A. Denie, Memphis
* Thomas Dickins, Memphis and St. Louis
* W. E. Eliot, Memphis
* Joseph Erwin, John Erwin, Abraham Wright, and Billings, and Joseph Thompson, possibly Samuel Spraggins, Tennessee and Louisiana
* Andrew Ewing, Nashville
* Alfred Flournoy, Tennesse and Louisiana
* Aaron H. Forrest, Memphis, and Vicksburg, Miss.
* Jeffrey E. Forrest, Memphis, and Vicksburg, Miss.
* Jesse A. Forrest, Memphis
* John N. Forrest, Memphis
* Nathan Bedford Forrest
* William H. Forrest, Memphis, and Vicksburg, Miss.
* S. and A. Fowlkes, Memphis
* Glover & Boyd, Nashville
* Goodbar, Tennessee and Montgomery, Ala.
* Jonathan Harding, Sumner Co., Tennessee, and Natchez
* E. S. Hawkins, Nashville
* Henry H. Haynes, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tenn.
* Peter Hickman, near Jonesboro, Tenn.
* Byrd Hill, Memphis and Mississippi
* Hill & Powell, Memphis
* Hill, Weaver & Co., Memphis
* George W. Hitchings, Nashville and Sumner County
* Andrew Jackson and John Hutchings, Nashville and Natchez
* Damascus G. James, Memphis
* David D. James, Nashville, Richmond, Va. and Natchez, Miss.
* John D. James, Nashville, Richmond, Va. and Natchez, Miss.
* Thomas G. James, Nashville, Richmond, Va. and Natchez, Miss.
* William G. James, Memphis
* James & Harrison, Nashville
* William Jenkins, Nashville
* Richard Johnson & Jesse Meek, Tennessee and Forks of the Road
* Benjamin Little, Montgomery Little, Chauncey Little & William Little, Memphis and Shelbyville, Tenn.
* R. W. Lucas, Nashville
* Robert J. Lyles, Nashville
* Maddock, Tennessee
* Josiah Maples, Memphis
* Joseph Meek, Tennessee, Virginia and Mississippi
* A. A. McLean, Nashville
* James McMillin, Tennessee and Kentucky
* N. A. McNairy, Nashville and Natchez
* James S. Moffett, Troy, Tenn.
* J. W. Morton, Nashville
* Isaac Neville, Memphis
* George N. Noel, Memphis
* Petway, middle Tennessee and lower Mississippi valley
* G. L. Pierce, Nashville
* Rees W. Porter, Nashville
* William Ramsey, Nashville and Virginia
* John Rath, Smith Co., Tenn.
* Dr. Ray, Tennessee (?) and Mississippi
* Redman, Mississippi and Tennessee
* John Reed, Tennessee and Mississippi
* David Saffarans & Son (possibly, per Chase Mooney)
* Thomas G. Saunders, Nashville
* John Staples, Memphis
* Thompson, near Nashville, Tennessee
* Tom Tucker, Knoxville, Tenn.
* Vanhook, Tennessee
* A. Wallace, Memphis
* John D. Ware, Memphis and Brownsville
* Warwick, Nashville
* Webb, Merrill & Co., Nashville
* Frank Whiterspoon, Missouri and Tennessee
* Alexander Williams, Nashville
* Henry Williams, Nashville
* Williams & Glover, Nashville
* E. L. Willie, Memphis
* Jerry Wilson, Tennessee
* William Witherspoon, Memphis