C. M. Rutherford | |
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 Baton Rouge Daily Gazette and Comet, Dec. 16, 1853 | |
| Born | c. 1810 Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | after 1866 Unknown |
| Occupation | Slave trader |
Calvin Morgan Rutherford (born c. 1810, died after 1866), generally known as C. M. Rutherford, was a 19th-century American interstate slave trader. Rutherford had a wide geographic reach, trading nationwide from the Old Dominion of Virginia to as far west as Texas. Rutherford had ties to former Franklin & Armfield associates, worked in Kentucky for several years, advertised to markets throughout Louisiana and Mississippi, and was a major figure in the New Orleans slave trade for at least 20 years. Rutherford also invested his money in steamboats and hotels.