List of slave owners

This list includes notable individuals for which there is a consensus of evidence of slave ownership.

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A

• Abraham, Patriarch
• Gilbert André, one of two planters killed during the 1811 German Coast Uprising
• Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general
• Aleijadinho
• Atahualpa, Inca

B

• Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Self-proclaimed Caliph of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
• Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Latin American explorer
• Hayreddin Barbarossa
• Judah Benjamin, Secretary of State for CSA and U.S. senator
• Thomas Hart Benton, American Senator
• John M. Berrien, U.S. senator
• James Blair (c.1788–1841), British MP who owned sugar plantations in Demerara
• Simon Bolivar, Latin American independence leader
• Burwell Boykin, American ancestor of Anderson Cooper
• John C. Breckinridge, U.S. Vice President and Secretary of War (CSA)
• Brennus (4th century BC)
• Preston Brooks, US senator
• James Brown (Louisiana), U.S. Minister to France and wealthy sugarcane planter; later a Philadelphia resident
• Chang and Eng Bunker

C

• Augustus Caesar, Roman emperor
• Julius Caesar, Roman dictator
• John C. Calhoun, 7th Vice President of the U.S.
• Caligula, Roman emperor
• Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, hero of Cuban independence
• Landon Carter, Virginia planter
• Cicero, Roman statesman
• Cato the elder, Roman statesman
• Auguste Chouteau, 18th-century co-founder of the city of St. Louis
• Pierre Chouteau, half-brother of Auguste Chouteau & defendant in a freedom suit by Marguerite Scypion
• William Clark, explorer, American territorial governor
• Claudius, Roman emperor
• Henry Clay, United States Secretary of State and Speaker of the House
• Christopher Columbus
• Philip Cook, U.S. congressman and CSA general
• Hernán Cortés

D

• Jefferson Davis (1808–1889), President of the C.S.
• Demosthenes
• Mrs. Georges Deslondes & Mrs. Jacques Deslondes, widows and owners of mulatto Charles Deslondes, the leader of the 1811 German Coast Uprising
• John Dovaston, 18th century British Sugar Planter, Botanist, Astronomer, Natural Historian

E

• William Ellison, an American slave, then a slave owner.
• Edwin Epps, owner of Twelve Years a Slave author Solomon Northup for 10 years.

F

• Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835-1930), U.S. Senator
• Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), American statesman and philosopher
• Nathan Forrest (1821–1877), Confederate general

G

• Ghezo
• Sir John Gladstone (1764–1851), British politician
• Ulysses Grant (1822–1885), 18th President of the U.S.

H

• Hadrian, Roman emperor
• Wade Hampton (c. 1752-1835), American general
• John Hancock (1737-1793), American statesman
• Hannibal
• William Harrison (1773–1841), 9th President of the U.S.
• Christopher Helme
• Patrick Henry (1736-1799), American statesman and orator
• Thomas Heyward, Jr., S.C. circuit court judge, planter, and signer of the US Declaration of Independence
• Arthur William Hodge
• Horace, Roman poet
• Sam Houston (1793-1863), 7th Governor of Texas
• Hjörleifr Hróðmarsson
• Eppa Hunton, U.S. Senator from Virginia, Confederate Army officer

I

• Pope Innocent VIII
• Benjamin Imlay

J

• Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), 7th President of the U.S.
• John Jay (1745–1829), 1st Chief Justice of the U.S.
• Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), 3rd President of the U.S.
• Andrew Johnson (1808–1875), 17th President of the U.S.
• Anthony Johnson, black slaveholder in colonial Virginia

L

• Richard Lee (1761–1827), American politician
• Robert Lee (1807-1870), Confederate general
• Domitia Lepida, female of the Roman imperial dynasty
• Mike Lavarnway (1774–1809), American slave owner
• William Lowndes (1782–1822), American politician

M

• James Madison (1751–1836), 4th President of the U.S.
• Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480–1521), Portuguese navigator
• William Mahone
• Yaqub al-Mansur
• James Monroe (1758–1831), 5th President of the U.S.
• Montezuma II (c. 1480-1520), last Aztec emperor of Mexico
• Jackson Morton (1794–1874), American politician
• Moses
• Muhammad

N

• Naaman, Syrian general in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)
• Nero
• Nicias

P

• Philemon, saint
• Philip III of Macedon, king of Macedonia
• Plato
• Vedius Pollio
• James Polk (1795–1849), 11th President of the U.S.
• Pompey
• Ptolemy I of Egypt
• Ptolemy II of Egypt
• Ptolemy III of Egypt
• Ptolemy IV of Egypt
• Ptolemy V of Egypt
• Ptolemy VI of Egypt
• Ptolemy VII of Egypt
• Ptolemy VIII of Egypt
• Ptolemy IX of Egypt
• Ptolemy X of Egypt
• Ptolemy XI of Egypt
• Ptolemy XII of Egypt
• Ptolemy XIII of Egypt
• Ptolemy XIV of Egypt
• Ptolemy of Mauretania

R

• Edmund Randolph (1753–1813), American statesman
• John Randolph (1773–1833), American statesman

S

• Ismail Ibn Sharif
• Alexander Stephens (1812–1883), Vice President of the C.S.
• Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Roman Consul and Dictator

T

• Lawrence Taliaferro, played a role in the Dred Scott decision in the United States
• Roger Taney (1777–1864), 5th Chief Justice of the U.S.
• Zachary Taylor (1784–1850), 12th President of the U.S.
• François Tayon, defendant in an 1805 lawsuit in the Louisiana Territory by Marguerite Scypion, a part-Natchez slave
• Tegbessou
• Edward Telfair (1735–1807), 19th Governor of Georgia
• Theodoros, Emperor of Abyssinia
• Tiberius
• Madam Tinubu
• Tippu Tip
• Tiradentes
• George Trenholm (1807–1876), American financier
• François Trépagnier, one of two planters killed in the 1811 German Coast Uprising
• Homaidan Al-Turki
• John Tyler (1790–1862), 10th President of the U.S.

U

• Ursuline nuns of New Orleans - bought smuggled slaves from Pierre Lafitte

V

• Martin Van Buren (1782–1862), 8th President of the U.S.

W

• George Washington (1732–1799), 1st President of the U.S.
• Martha Washington (1731–1802), U.S. First Lady
• Thomas Watts (1819–1892), 18th Governor of Alabama
• John Wedderburn of Ballendean, known for being the defendant in a Freedom suit brought by Joseph Knight
• John Hill Wheeler, U.S. Cabinet official & N.C. planter, known for two female slaves who escaped his domain: Jane Johnson & Hannah Bond

See also

• List of slaves
• List of Presidents of the United States who owned slaves