Joseph Wragg
Joseph Wragg (* 1698 in London , † 1751 in Charles Town , Carolina ) was an English-born American merchant, slave trader and politician in Charles Town (now Charleston) in the British colony of Carolina (now South Carolina ). From 1717 to 1744 he was the largest slave trader in Charles Town and thus also in North America, and imported several thousand slaves.
He and his brother Samuel Wragg were originally merchants from London before emigrating to Charles Town in the New World. Both brothers served on the Executive Council after the Crown bought Carolina from the Lords Proprietors . His brother was taken hostage of the pirate Blackbeard in 1718 , and negotiated with the Pirate Republic on behalf of the governor.
He was married to Judith DuBose; her parents were French Huguenots and her father was a large plantation owner in Carolina. His daughter Elizabeth Wragg was married to Peter Manigault , the richest man in the British North American colonies.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The South Carolina Slavocracy
- ^ A Curse upon the Nation: Race, Freedom, and Extermination in America and the Atlantic World , p. 42, University of Georgia Press
- ^ Samuel Wragg
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| SURNAME | Wragg, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American merchant, slave trader and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1698 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1751 |
| Place of death | Charles Town , Carolina |