Meredith Calhoun

Meredith Calhoun (1805 – March 14, 1869) was a slave-owner, planter, merchant, and journalist, known for owning some of the largest slave plantations in Louisiana. Calhoun played a major role in the interregional slave trade of the American South, acting as a broker for the purchase and sale of thousands of slaves.[1]

References
  1. Keith, Leeanna (2008). The Colfax Massacre: The Untold Story of Black Power, White Terror, & The Death of Reconstruction. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. pp. 5–20.
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