Jervey, Waring & White
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Jervey, Waring, & White was a slave auction and brokerage firm in Charleston, South Carolina, United States, operating mainly in the 1830s through the 1850s, prior to the American Civil War. The partners facilitated what is believed to be the largest individual sale of enslaved people in U.S. history, the partners being James Jervey, Morton Waring, and Alonzo White.[1]
Originally founded in 1828 as Jervey, Blake, and Waring, it was one of Charleston's most prominent slave trading firms in the antebellum period. It was founded by James Jervey, John Blake, and Morton A. Waring, a son-in-law of Paul Hamilton. They were headquartered on 20 Broad Street, now 24 Broad Street, in downtown Charleston. Jervey, Waring, & White conducted public auctions and private sales of enslaved Africans on commission. They regularly advertised in the Charleston Courier and sold captured individuals as well.[2]
