Folk Figure, one of the first professional slave traders. Partner in historically famed Franklin & Armfield, the most successful slave trading company in the pre-War South. Said to have bought/transported/sold over 8,000 slaves. He was a Tennessee gentleman, a Louisiana planter and a well-known slave trader throughout the country. He differed from other planters in that he disliked being involved in public affairs. Unlike most slave traders of his day, was not an outcast of society. Major in the War of 1812. From 1812 to 1841 he accumulated an estate valued at more than a million dollars. He first bought large holdings in Sumner County, Tennessee. He built "Fairvue" there in 1832 and he considered this his home. He purchased six plantations in Louisiana: "Bellvue," "Killarney," "Lochlomond," "Angola," "Loango," and "Panola." He also bought several thousand acres in Texas. He also owned turnpike and bank stock and a l/3 interest in the Nashville Race Course. When he died in 1846, he owned 10,000 acres in Tennessee and Louisiana and over 600 slaves.
Franklin was a notorious slave trader, who abused female slaves under his control.
(from the Washington Post article, dated 9/14/2019 about Franklin and his partner, John Armfield)
"Through it all, both regularly raped the women they bought and sold and joked about it in letters, a shared habit that deepened their friendship. Franklin and Armfield each fathered at least one child with an enslaved woman, Rothman said. He suspects the abuse, which had no financial purpose, stemmed from a desire for raw power: “They did it because they could, and they felt like it.”'
Contributor: PM Fox (47130382) • [email protected]
Franklin was a notorious slave trader, who abused female slaves under his control.
(from the Washington Post article, dated 9/14/2019 about Franklin and his partner, John Armfield)
"Through it all, both regularly raped the women they bought and sold and joked about it in letters, a shared habit that deepened their friendship. Franklin and Armfield each fathered at least one child with an enslaved woman, Rothman said. He suspects the abuse, which had no financial purpose, stemmed from a desire for raw power: “They did it because they could, and they felt like it.”'
Contributor: PM Fox (47130382) • [email protected]
Folk Figure, one of the first professional slave traders. Partner in historically famed Franklin & Armfield, the most successful slave trading company in the pre-War South. Said to have bought/transported/sold over 8,000 slaves. He was a Tennessee gentleman, a Louisiana planter and a well-known slave trader throughout the country. He differed from other planters in that he disliked being involved in public affairs. Unlike most slave traders of his day, was not an outcast of society. Major in the War of 1812. From 1812 to 1841 he accumulated an estate valued at more than a million dollars. He first bought large holdings in Sumner County, Tennessee. He built "Fairvue" there in 1832 and he considered this his home. He purchased six plantations in Louisiana: "Bellvue," "Killarney," "Lochlomond," "Angola," "Loango," and "Panola." He also bought several thousand acres in Texas. He also owned turnpike and bank stock and a l/3 interest in the Nashville Race Course. When he died in 1846, he owned 10,000 acres in Tennessee and Louisiana and over 600 slaves.
Franklin was a notorious slave trader, who abused female slaves under his control.
(from the Washington Post article, dated 9/14/2019 about Franklin and his partner, John Armfield)
"Through it all, both regularly raped the women they bought and sold and joked about it in letters, a shared habit that deepened their friendship. Franklin and Armfield each fathered at least one child with an enslaved woman, Rothman said. He suspects the abuse, which had no financial purpose, stemmed from a desire for raw power: “They did it because they could, and they felt like it.”'
Contributor: PM Fox (47130382) • [email protected]
Franklin was a notorious slave trader, who abused female slaves under his control.
(from the Washington Post article, dated 9/14/2019 about Franklin and his partner, John Armfield)
"Through it all, both regularly raped the women they bought and sold and joked about it in letters, a shared habit that deepened their friendship. Franklin and Armfield each fathered at least one child with an enslaved woman, Rothman said. He suspects the abuse, which had no financial purpose, stemmed from a desire for raw power: “They did it because they could, and they felt like it.”'
Contributor: PM Fox (47130382) • [email protected]
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