LIB Daily History

Did you know who took the most slaves for Africa?

For the first 130yers the Portuguese dominated the transatlantic slave trade
After 1651 they fell into second position behind the British who became the primary carriers of Africans to the New World.

But did you know many slave owners were black?

Here are the most famous:

(5) Nat Butler
An African American slave owner in Maryland who gained a bad reputation for his scheming actions purchasing and selling others.

(4) Dilsey Pope
An African American woman slave owner in Georgia(America) she and her husband fought and Dilsey sold him to her white neighbor out of Spite.

(3) The Pendarvis Family
Owned the biggest rice plantations in the palmetto region and was one of the wealthiest slaveholding families in South Carolina.

(2) Justus Angel
Was a wealthy slaves owner and trader in Charleston South Carolina.

(1) Widow Richards
Operated a large sugar plantation and owned more slaves than all other black slaves owners in Louisiana until the 1860s.



Source: African facts zone and stories