Millionaires from slavery
1791: Prominent slave trader evades murder charges
1791: Largest private emancipation in U.S. history
1833: Domestic slave trade: over one million send south
1835: 600 sold in largest single sale of enslaved people
1857: "The Weeping Time": Enslaver sells 429 people in two days
1861: With war, enslavers seek to protect investments
1861: Blockade designed to strangle Southern economy
1865: Planters mull plan to import Chinese laborers
