The secret life of Bacon Tait, a white slave trader married to a free woman of color /

"Historians have long discussed the interracial families of prominent slave dealers in Richmond, Virginia, and elsewhere, yet, until now, the story of slave trader Bacon Tait remained untold. Among the most prominent and wealthy citizens of Richmond, Bacon Tait embarked upon a striking and unex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Trent, Hank, 1959- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Tait, Bacon, > 1796-1871. Fountain, Courtney. Slave traders > Virginia > Richmond > Biography. Men, White > Virginia > Richmond > Biography. Interracial marriage > Virginia > Richmond > History > 19th century. Free African Americans > Virginia > Richmond > Biography. Richmond (Va.) > Biography. Richmond (Va.) > Race relations > History > 19th century. Salem (Mass.) > Race relations > History > 19th century. Slavery > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.

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Doing a great deal of business
A young gentleman of very respectable parentage and deportment
Four doors below the Bell Tavern
Another dealer in human flesh and bones
A spacious comfortable jail
Such diabolical miscreants as Bacon Tait
I wish in my soul I could find a good wife
Dat de way he git rich
Good and worthy citizens
He expects to leave Richmond shortly
The inexorable jailor
Stating he would die of starvation
Fighting the tiger and other kindred sports
Epilogue.