{"id":89,"date":"2022-11-01T18:47:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T18:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solddownriver.com\/?page_id=89"},"modified":"2025-05-15T14:20:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T14:20:57","slug":"stories-of-the-slave-trade","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.solddownriver.com\/?page_id=89","title":{"rendered":"Stories of the Enslaved"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here you will find links to the stories our team has uncovered through our research. These stories tell the experiences of men, women and children sold in New Orleans with ties to Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Index to Stories<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-3 wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solddownriver.com\/?p=266\">Samuel Cunningham (b. 1816)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solddownriver.com\/?p=224\">The Fate of Nackey Johnson and her son John<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solddownriver.com\/?p=180\">Coney and Daniel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solddownriver.com\/?p=158\">Jack, a carpenter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solddownriver.com\/?p=139\">Jenny, an 11 year old girl<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-266 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-stories-of-the-enslaved\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solddownriver.com\/?p=266\" target=\"_self\" >Samuel Cunningham (b. 1816)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Samuel Cunningham, born in approximately 1816, was enslaved by Walter F. Jones, Norfolk, Virginia\u2019s postmaster. Cunningham was one of four enslaved people in the Jones household in the 1830s. He lived with two adult women and one other teenager. The enslaved members of the Jones household had connections to a wide network of enslaved and<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solddownriver.com\/?p=266\">learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-09-04T16:45:28+00:00\">September 4, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-224 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-stories-of-the-enslaved\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solddownriver.com\/?p=224\" target=\"_self\" >The Fate of Nackey Johnson and her son John<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">On January 10th, 1826, the brig&nbsp;Virginia&nbsp;arrived at the port of New Orleans after a 23-day journey from Baltimore. Aboard were 36 enslaved men, women, and children who had survived the harrowing voyage. The&nbsp;Virginia, captained by William Daggett, had made this journey multiple times over the years, transporting hundreds of enslaved individuals for the Woolfolk slave<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solddownriver.com\/?p=224\">learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-12-18T14:35:56+00:00\">December 18, 2024<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-180 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-stories-of-the-enslaved\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solddownriver.com\/?p=180\" target=\"_self\" >Coney and Daniel<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Coney and Daniel were two young men born in Princess Anne County, Virginia in the 1810s. They were born enslaved on the farm of Henry Cornick, a wealthy Virginia planter who owned a large estate in the Kempsville area of Princess Anne County (now Virginia Beach, Virginia). The Cornick family was one of the wealthiest<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solddownriver.com\/?p=180\">learn more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-04-03T14:54:23+00:00\">April 3, 2024<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here you will find links to the stories our team has uncovered through our research. These stories tell the experiences of men, women and children sold in New Orleans with ties to Virginia. 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