1788–1841), British MP who owned sugar plantations in Demerara. Birney (1792–1857), an attorney and planter who freed his slaves and became an abolitionist. Antoine Bestel (1766–1852), lawyer from France who migrated to Mauritius where he owned at least 122 slaves.Senator from Georgia who argued that slavery "lay at the foundation of the Constitution" and that slaves "constitute the very foundation of your union". George Berkeley (1685–1753), Anglo-Irish philosopher who purchased several enslaved Africans to work on his plantation in Rhode Island.Benton (1782–1858), American senator from Missouri. Charles's brother William freed the Greens after Dick fought with the posse that avenged Charles's assassination during the Taos Revolt. Charles Bent (1799–1847), American trader and first Territorial Governor of New Mexico during the United States occupation of New Mexico during the Mexican-American War.Senator from Louisiana, and a vocal supporter of slavery. Benjamin (1811–1884), Secretary of State for the Confederate States of America, a U.S. 1782), free woman of color and slave trader in Saint Domingue. Benjamin Belcher (1743–1802), Nova Scotia politician and militia leader, he enslaved at least 7 people.He inherited about 3,000 enslaved people from his father. William Thomas Beckford) (1760–1844), writer and collector.He inherited about 3,000 enslaved people from his brother Peter. William Beckford (1709–1770), politician and twice Lord Mayor of London.Robert Ruffin Barrow (1798–1875), American plantation owner who owned more than 450 slaves and a dozen plantations.minister to Portugal, who purchased 112 enslaved people in Louisiana. George Washington Barrow (1807–1866), Congressman and U.S. Representative and white supremacist, he enslaved 36 people by 1860 and vigorously defended the institution of slavery. Hayreddin Barbarossa (1478–1546), Ottoman corsair and admiral who enslaved the population of Corfu.1785–1828), free woman of colour who owned 76 slaves in Berbice. In 1856 he signed a letter protesting the abolition of slavery in Wallachia. 1793–1862), Wallachian politician, he enslaved Romani people on his estates. Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475–1519), Spanish explorer and conquistador, he enslaved the indigenous people he encountered in Central America.Adriana Bake (1724–1787), wife of the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, her foster children freed her slaves after her death.Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971–2019), self-proclaimed Caliph of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), he kept several sex slaves.James Baby (1763–1833), prominent landowner, slaveholder, and official in Upper Canada.Jacques Baby (1731–1789), French Canadian fur trader, slaveholder, and father of James Baby.ī 1856 lithograph of Preston Brooks attacking Charles Sumner, who had spoken against slavery two days earlier. He objected to Britain's abolition of slavery in the Caribbean and bought and sold enslaved people himself. John James Audubon (1785–1851), American naturalist.William Atherton (1742–1803), English owner of Jamaican sugar plantations.Senator from Missouri, slave owner, prominent pro-slavery activist, and violent opponent of abolitionism. John Armfield (1797–1871), Virginia co-founder of "the largest slave trading firm" in the United States, and a rapist.Anderson (1813–1892), civil engineer, he enslaved hundreds to operate his Tredegar Iron Works. Isaac Allen (1741–1806), New Brunswick judge, he dissented in an unsuccessful 1799 case challenging slavery ( R v Jones), freeing his own slaves a short time later.House of Representatives, recorded in the 1850 census as enslaving 878 people. (1806–1887), 61st Governor of South Carolina, state legislator and member of the U.S. William Aiken (1779–1831), founder and president of the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company, enslaved hundreds on his rice plantation.Stair Agnew (1757–1821), land owner, judge and political figure in New Brunswick, he enslaved people and participated in court cases testing the legality of slavery in the colony.Adelicia Acklen (1817–1887), at one time the wealthiest woman in Tennessee, she inherited 750 enslaved people from her husband, Isaac Franklin.
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