Matthew Garrison was a notorious slave trader in Louisville, Kentucky. He may be the "Madison Garrison" that Henry Bibb wrote about in his autobiography who enjoyed beating slave women more than eating.
In the 1840s and 1850s he owned a slave holding pen in Louisville, Kentucky.
Garrison's past and what happened to him has been hard to trace. The 1850 census records that he had been "married within the year," but he was listed as living alone.
When he died in 1863 his will from 1856 was probated and not only did he free Charity and Sarah Ann two of his slaves and all of Sarah Ann's children, but he also left all his estate to them. (Kentucky Opinions: Containing the Unreported Opinions of the Court of Appeals, pages 43-46.)
From the sign posted at the location of Garrison's slave pen -
"Garrison Slave Pen Site - Matthew Garrison was a well known Kentucky slave speculator in the Deep South. A white abolitionist leader, Rev. Calvin Fairbank, wrote in 1851 that four slave markets, including Garrison's and Arterburn's, sold men, women, and children "like sheep." Slavery abolished by 13th Amendment, 1865. Presented by Louisville and Jefferson County African American Heritage Committee, Inc. 1986 Kentucky Historical Society – Kentucky Department of Highways 1990"
In the 1840s and 1850s he owned a slave holding pen in Louisville, Kentucky.
Garrison's past and what happened to him has been hard to trace. The 1850 census records that he had been "married within the year," but he was listed as living alone.
When he died in 1863 his will from 1856 was probated and not only did he free Charity and Sarah Ann two of his slaves and all of Sarah Ann's children, but he also left all his estate to them. (Kentucky Opinions: Containing the Unreported Opinions of the Court of Appeals, pages 43-46.)
From the sign posted at the location of Garrison's slave pen -
"Garrison Slave Pen Site - Matthew Garrison was a well known Kentucky slave speculator in the Deep South. A white abolitionist leader, Rev. Calvin Fairbank, wrote in 1851 that four slave markets, including Garrison's and Arterburn's, sold men, women, and children "like sheep." Slavery abolished by 13th Amendment, 1865. Presented by Louisville and Jefferson County African American Heritage Committee, Inc. 1986 Kentucky Historical Society – Kentucky Department of Highways 1990"
Matthew Garrison was a notorious slave trader in Louisville, Kentucky. He may be the "Madison Garrison" that Henry Bibb wrote about in his autobiography who enjoyed beating slave women more than eating.
In the 1840s and 1850s he owned a slave holding pen in Louisville, Kentucky.
Garrison's past and what happened to him has been hard to trace. The 1850 census records that he had been "married within the year," but he was listed as living alone.
When he died in 1863 his will from 1856 was probated and not only did he free Charity and Sarah Ann two of his slaves and all of Sarah Ann's children, but he also left all his estate to them. (Kentucky Opinions: Containing the Unreported Opinions of the Court of Appeals, pages 43-46.)
From the sign posted at the location of Garrison's slave pen -
"Garrison Slave Pen Site - Matthew Garrison was a well known Kentucky slave speculator in the Deep South. A white abolitionist leader, Rev. Calvin Fairbank, wrote in 1851 that four slave markets, including Garrison's and Arterburn's, sold men, women, and children "like sheep." Slavery abolished by 13th Amendment, 1865. Presented by Louisville and Jefferson County African American Heritage Committee, Inc. 1986 Kentucky Historical Society – Kentucky Department of Highways 1990"
In the 1840s and 1850s he owned a slave holding pen in Louisville, Kentucky.
Garrison's past and what happened to him has been hard to trace. The 1850 census records that he had been "married within the year," but he was listed as living alone.
When he died in 1863 his will from 1856 was probated and not only did he free Charity and Sarah Ann two of his slaves and all of Sarah Ann's children, but he also left all his estate to them. (Kentucky Opinions: Containing the Unreported Opinions of the Court of Appeals, pages 43-46.)
From the sign posted at the location of Garrison's slave pen -
"Garrison Slave Pen Site - Matthew Garrison was a well known Kentucky slave speculator in the Deep South. A white abolitionist leader, Rev. Calvin Fairbank, wrote in 1851 that four slave markets, including Garrison's and Arterburn's, sold men, women, and children "like sheep." Slavery abolished by 13th Amendment, 1865. Presented by Louisville and Jefferson County African American Heritage Committee, Inc. 1986 Kentucky Historical Society – Kentucky Department of Highways 1990"
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