This is a list of slave traders working in the District of Columbia from 1776 until 1865, including traders operating in Alexandria, Virginia before the establishment of the District in 1800 and after the retrocession in 1847:
James H. Birch , District of Columbia and Alexandria, Va.Samuel J. Dawson, Natchez, Miss.[2] [3]
Jilson Dove , Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland[4] [5] Dyer family, District of Columbia[6]
Robert W. Fenwick, Washington, D.C.[7]
Franklin & Armfield , Alexandria[8] John S. Hutcherson, Georgetown, D.C.[9]
George Kephart , Maryland, Virginia, District of Columbia[10] E. P. Legg , District of Columbia[11] Thomas Magruder, Washington, D.C.[12]
Joseph W. Neal , District of Columbia[6] Thomas Milburn, Washington, D.C.[14]
William H. Richards , Washington, D.C.[8] Tench Ringold, Washington, D.C.
John Edward Robey, Washington, D.C.[14]
Washington Robey , Washington, D.C.[18] [19] Joseph Semmes, Georgetown, D.C.[20]
Thomas Williams , Washington, D.C.,[6] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] Williams H. Williams [25] Williams, Washington, D.C.[26]
Robey's 7th and 9th Street taverns and slave jails were pictured on this 1836 map produced by the American Anti-Slavery Society ; the 7th Street property is listed as Neal's Jail
"NOTICE" . The Weekly Democrat . 1828-03-22. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-09-01 ."American Papers" . Caernarfon and Denbigh Herald . 1832-04-14. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-05-10 ."Look Here!" . Daily National Intelligencer and Washington Express . 1831-11-07. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-07-02 ."Negroes Wanted" . Daily National Intelligencer and Washington Express . 1826-06-09. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-05-29 .
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Hedrick, Charles Embury (1927). Social and Economic Aspects of Slavery in the Transmontane Prior to 1850 Jay, William (1844). A View of the Action of the Federal Government, In Behalf of Slavery Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1853). A key to Uncle Tom's cabin: presenting the original facts and documents upon which the story is founded LCCN 02004230 . OCLC 317690900 . OL 21879838M . Wilson, Carol (2009) [1994]. Freedom at Risk: The Kidnapping of Free Blacks in America, 1780–1865 . University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813149790 JSTOR j.ctt130j5m9 . LCCN 93021012 . OCLC 900344359 . 
