slave trader
Thomas Ringgold IV.
Maryland slave trader, merchant and revolutionary (1715 - 1772)
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About Thomas Ringgold IV
Thomas Ringgold IV was an American lawyer, slave trader and merchant from Chestertown, Maryland. Along with his business partner Samuel Galloway III, he operated the largest slave trade operation in the Chesapeake Bay and was responsible for importing one of the last shipments of slaves in the transatlantic slave trade to Maryland. Later in life, Ringgold became a revolutionary and served as a Maryland delegate to the Stamp Act Congress.
Everything about Thomas Ringgold IV →- Occupation
- slave trader
- Born
- December 5, 1715
- Died
- April 1, 1772