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This file appears in: Site of Woolfolk/Donovan Slave Pen
Benjamin Lundy

This file appears in: Site of Woolfolk/Donovan Slave Pen

Site of Woolfolk/Donovan Slave Pen

By Richard F. Messick
Austin Woolfolk was one of the first major slave traders in Baltimore, beginning as a 19-year-old in 1816. He was instrumental in turning the trade into a business. Like most traders at that time, he started with informal transactions in taverns and…
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