Slavery in the United States of America, United States of America

African American Slaveowners In The United States

Hamilton Historical Records
Nicolas Augustin Metoyer of Louisiana owned 13 slaves in 1830.

An interesting part of southern history, that does not get discussed much in present time, were the African American slaveowners within the southern states.

Published by Hamilton Historical Records

I'm a Virginia historian and legal expert who is related to individuals who rode on the Mayflower ship, American founding father George Mason IV, three Union veterans from the U.S. Civil War, two of whom marched with General Sherman to Atlanta, two Confederate veterans, and President Theodore Roosevelt’s and Franklin Roosevelt’s family.

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