The Richmond Slave Trade: The Economic Backbone of the Old Dominion

by Jack Trammell

Book Overview

In many ways, the story of bondage in Virginia is the story of the state itself...

Richmond's 15th Street was known as Wall Street in antebellum times, and like its New York counterpart, it was a center of commerce. But the business done here was unspeakable and the scene heart wrenching. With over sixty-nine slave dealers and auction houses, the Wall Street area saw tens of millions of dollars and countless human lives change...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 160949413X
• ISBN13: 9781609494131
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"