In the latter year Franklin and Armfield sent from Alexandria _via_ New Orleans to Isaac Franklin at Natchez three cargoes of 109, 117 and 134 slaves, mainly of course within the traders' ages; R.C.Ballard and Co.

sent batches from Norfolk to Franklin at Natchez and to John Hogan and Co.

at New Orleans; and William T.Foster, associated with William Rollins who was master of the brig _Ajax_, consigned numerous parcels to various New Orleans correspondents.

About 1850 the chief shippers were Joseph Donovan of Baltimore, B.M.and M.L.

Campbell of the same place, David Currie of Richmond and G.W.Apperson of Norfolk, each of whom sent each year several shipments of several score slaves to New Orleans.