1806 - 1879
Mason Harwell
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Details
| Birthday |
14th February, 1806
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| Birthplace |
Mississippi Territory, U.S.
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| Died |
7th May, 1879
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| Place of Death |
Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius
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| Occupation Text |
Slave trader, commission merchant, auctioneer, insurance salesman
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Mason Harwell (February 14, 1806 – May 7, 1879) was an auctioneer, insurance broker, and a leading, if not the leading, slave trader in antebellum Montgomery, Alabama. According to Slavery in Alabama (1950), "After 1840 Montgomery was the principal market in the state." Sales in 1850s Montgomery often took place outdoors at a central landmark called the Artesian Basin. Around the turn of the century, an older resident of Montgomery told historian Frederic Bancroft, author of Slave-Trading in the Old South, that Harwell was "a man of respectable standing." Mason Harwell worked out of 21 Market Street (now Dexter). He had a second location at Coosa St. and Monroe.
