299:, also from New Jersey, to work in one of his stores. A Jefferson County local historian lionized him in an article published in the 1880s, writing that Abijah and David Hunt "controlled most of the business of and surroundings. They had stores in different parts of the county for the accommodation of the people. In 1807, while there was an embargo on different articles of prime necessity to our people, particularly cotton cards, Abijah Hunt, with his great foresight, sent to England and had 300 pair shipped to him here. Those cards were given away to the different settlers who had none. This was characteristic of the man, and has been so of the family ever since. Abijah Hunt was greatly loved by the whole people. Hunt had the misfortune, in 1811, to fight a duel with Gov. Poindexter, and was killed. Thus passed away one of our most noble and enterprising men, and one who had done what few would or could dare to do."
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issued a notice to Indian agents in the
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counties. He also developed a profitable slave-trading business with John, Jeremiah, and Jesse Hunt beginning in 1800. John would ship the slaves from
Kentucky to Mississippi, where Abijah predicted he could get an average of $ 500 for them (versus about $ 300 in Kentucky).
201:. The Hunts obtained some of their goods by trading with each other. John would send Abijah "bacon, butter, cheese, salt, tobacco, whiskey, and horses" from Lexington, while Abijah would send John "leather, shoes, and nails" from Cincinnati.
315:, inherited his land and businesses, selling the stores to buy more land. David gradually built this inheritance into his own much larger inventory of plantations. He eventually owned 25 plantations, which included
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Mississippi Territory. In this capacity, he made sure that all mail from Natchez would reach
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28, 1800." He reportedly built the first cotton gin in
Greenville around 1808, which was in active use until 1848. He invested some of his money in land, developing cotton plantations in
311:. The latter went on to have a successful political career, serving as Governor of Mississippi. The inventory of Abijah's estate listed his 60 slaves by name. Hunt's nephew,
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where they were loaded onto flatboats and floated down the Ohio River to be sold in
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508:(M.A. thesis). Medford, Massachusetts: Tufts University. p. 21.
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193:In 1795 Abijah helped his cousin,
131:, slave trader, and banker in the
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204:In 1798, Abijah moved to the
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698:"Notes on Concordia Parish"
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