Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • A12

A12 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2014 SPECIAL REPORT: RICHMOND'S SLAVE TRADE Slave traders in Richmond People Identified as slave traders In Richmond based on city directory listings, Insurance records and other references from 1819 to 1864 Elizabeth Kambourlan will add names to this list as research continues. Name Additional Information Business Site Abrahams, W. Slave trader North side of Clay between 17th 18th Sts. Alvls, Robert Trader West side 18th between Broad Marshall Apperson. George W.

Trader private Jail Birch Alley Ballard, John P. Hector Davis, agent Slave trader North side of E. Franklin between 13th 14th Streets Betts Omohundro H. Edmonson, trader; Silas Traders Southwest comer Broad 17th, and Alley west Omohundro of Wall between Main Franklin Blackburn. EW.

Negro trader Office Jail: Birch Alley Cook, EB. Auctioneer 70 Main St Commission Merchant Dabney Cauthorn R. Dabney Auctioneer, Auctioneer 15th between Main and Cary Sts. Just north of Com. FwcTg Merchant Creek Alley Davis, Hector see Pulllam Davis 1852 Auctioneer franklin between Mayo 15th Sts.

Davis, John B. Negro trader Wall St between Franklin Broad Sts. Davis, Ben. Solomon Auctioneers 1852 Negro trader Locust Alley between Main franklin Deupree (or Dupree), William Negro trader Mayo St between franklin Broad Dickinson, R.H. Bra; also Dickinson, Auctioneer, slave sales and Northwest comer franklin 15th Hill CB.

N.B. Hill and Dlckln- hiring, slave Jail soq Hill Co. Eacno. Edward D. Agent General Agent Collector 14th near Exchange Hotel, or Pearl St Faundron, R.

Negro trader Comer 17th Broad Gait's Tavern, later City Tavern Site of auctions NW corner 19th and Main Goddln Apperson Auctioneers Comer of Bank 11th streets Goodwin Templeman, formerly R.C Wm. B. Goodwin, Henry N. Slave Jail On Valley St (17th) adj. to Seabrook's Ware- Ballard Templeman house (between Grace Broad) Gouldln, William General Agent Collector General Agent Collector Westslde Governor or 13th St between franklin Grady.

S. Cary Street Jail aka Grady's Jail Negro sales Comer 15th Cary. also 17th Cary Hill. Dickinson Co. See LB.

N.B. Hill Auctioneers Comer of franklin Wall (15th) Johnston, Thomas Trader Alley near Exchange Hotel, Southeast comer 14th Main Jones Slater Slave Jail Negro trader Locust Alley between Exchange Place franklin Lee, N.M. also Lee Bowman's Jail Slave Jail, auction rooms Negro trader, hiring franklin St between Mayo 15th (Wall) Levy, Ash Negro trader Locust Alley between Exchange Place franklin Lumpkin, Robert Negro trader; private Jail Wall between franklin Broad (Birch Alley) Martin, William Negro trader West side of 17th between Broad Marshall Matthews, Edward Negro trader East side of 17th between Broad Marshall McDanlel Blackburn Negro traders Wall, between franklin Broad McMurray, Charles Negro trader 17th and Broad Murphy. William Trader Comer of Clay 18th Myers. Solomon See Bacon Talt Salesman with B.

Talt Comer Cary 15th Nott, Alex'r Co. James Nott Shine, auctioneer Auctioneer Southwest comer of Main 15th Sts. Commission Merchant Omenhlser, John Negro trader Wall Locust Alley Omohundro, O. Negro trader Alley near Wall St Otis, Dunlop Co. Auctioneers North side of Main between 14th 15th Sts, ninth from 14th Peck.

Lay Co. Auctioneers Main 19th opposite Union Hotel Price. Dabney Trader East side of 17th between Broad Marshall Pulllam Betts See Pulllam Davis Auctioneer franklin between Mayo Wall Pulllam Co. Auctioneer Odd Fellows Hall, Franklin St Pulllam Davis David M. Pulllam Hector Auctioneers West side of Wall near Franklin Davis Commission Merchants Pulllam, Peter Trader West side Locust Alley between Main Franklin Reese, Samuel 1859 60: franklin between Negro trader East side of 17th between Grace Broad 15th Broad Slater, Leonard T.

Trader East side of 17th between Broad Marshall Smith, A. Negro trader Comer 18th Broad Smith Edmondson Negro trader Talt Bacon JJ. Dornln. auctioneer Private Jail Southeast comer Cary 15th Taylor, James M. Son Jas.

Goddln. auctioneer Slave broker Comer of 11th and Bank St Templeman. H.N. Negro trader Locust Alley between Main franklin The Cage Northwest comer 17th and Main Toler, John J. Trader West side of Central Railroad between Clay Leigh St Trent Peterfleld (Dr.) Physician Negro broker sales Southeast comer Marshall and 7th Sts.

Tucker. Fleming Trader Northwest comer of Clay 18th Wortham, CT. Co. Charles T. Wortham Forwarding and 15th between Main Cary Commission Merchant Auctioneer Warehouse dock between 26th 27th Wortham.

William General Agent Collector Governor St between Main Franklin Wyatt William Clerk with JJ. Dornln, see Main between 15th 17th Bacon Talt RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH Trips to Cuba changing opinions Study: Americans' views of the nation improve after visits The Associated Press HAflUiA When President Barack Obama reinstated "people-to-people" travel to Cuba in 2011, the idea was that visiting Americans would act as cultural ambassadors for a U.S. constantly demonized in the island's official media. Two-and-a-half years later, a survey suggests the trips not only are improving Cubans' views of Americans but also changing U.S. travelers' opinions of the Caribbean nation for the better, and dimming their view of Washington policies that have sought to pressure Cuba's communist leaders.

"I think U.S.-Cuban relations should be open. People should be talking to each other," said Ellen Landsberger, 62, a New York obstetrician who recently visited on a people-to-people tour. There's surely significant self-selection among people-to-people travelers; supporters of a hardline policy against Cuba are unlikely to consider such a tour. Still, the results of the multiple-choice survey by Friendly Planet Travel, a company based in suburban Philadelphia that promotes legal tours of Cuba, are eye-catching. Three-quarters said they were drawn by curiosity about life in a nation that has been off-limits to most Americans for decades.

Before travel, the most prevalent view of Raul Castro's government was "a repressive communist regime that stifles individuality and creativity," 48 percent of respondents said. That fell to 19 percent after their visits, and the new, most popular view, held by 30 percent of respondents, became the slightly more charitable "a failing government that is destined to fall." Most striking, 88 percent said the experience made them more likely than before to support ending the embargo against Cuba. Peggy Goldman, president of Friendly Planet Travel, acknowledged that her informal poll, which surveyed 423 Americans who visited Cuba in December, was not scientific. But others in the industry tell a similar story. "Some people go back and say they want to write letters to their senators," said Jeff Philippe, who has taken 34 groups to the island in just over a year for Insight Cuba, which does people-to-people tours for Americans.

That could provide ammunition to the harshest opponents of people-to-people travel, who have argued from the beginning that the tours, partially organized in concert with Cuban state-run entities, let the communist government put its best face forward and hide its warts. "It's hard to imagine anyone being exposed to Cuba's reality and walking away with a more favorable view of the Castro regime," said Sen. Marco Rubio, a Cuban-American. In general, the tours tend not to include much contact with Cuban dissidents. Tour operators insist any talk of Potemkin villages is wrong.

They argue they are supporting local organic farmers, performers, artists, musicians and entrepreneurs who run private restaurants. Estimates of how many Americans travel to Cuba legally on cultural exchanges range from 70,000 to 100,000 a year. Compiled by Elizabeth Kambourlan. Sources Include: Richmond City Directory listings from 1852 to 1864, ads In the Richmond Dally Dispatch and Richmond Whig newspapers, Mutual Assurance Society records, "Richmond In Bygone Days" by Samuel Mordecal, and "Old Richmond Neighborhoods" by Mary Wlngfleld Scott understanding that as years go by and more things turn up, we'll continue to learn more things, and we're unlikely ever to be certain of every detail. "It is worth it to get it as right as we can." (804)649-6433 ginoomawQtlinBitdhtpjtchJoni (804)649-6839 Twttter: ggmoomaw mond life from the beginning.

The 'Virginia Gazette advertised the sale of 100 slaves in the town of Richmond on Dec 5, 1768. When the import of slaves was banned in 1808, the sale of American-bom slaves became a big business in 'Virginia, at first in Alexandria and then shifting in the 1840s and 1850s to Richmond. Understanding the full story of the slave trade in Richmond will require "spending a significant amount of money to do the work that needs to be done," Mclnnis said. "It's a long period of time. There are multiple document sources.

And even with that, you'll never know everything. "I think it is very important for the city of Richmond, in the conversations that are ongoing now, to get as accurate an answer to this question as they can, From Page ATI "They moved around so much and reformulated partnerships, and that makes it really tough," she said. "It's not going to be the easiest thing to know when (Goodwin) was where. Ambiguity will always surround this." One certainty is that slave sales were a pervasive part of Rich Portions of Lumpkin's Jail wm long burled by (facades of urban activity, especially the construction of Interstate 05 In the late 1950s..