John J. Poindexter | |
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 "Slaves for Sale" New Orleans Times-Picayune, February 27, 1856 |
John Jenkins Poindexter (c. 1816–1870) was an American slave trader, commission merchant, school commissioner, and steamboat master of Louisiana and Mississippi. He served in the Mexican-American War as a junior officer in the Mississippi Rifles. The historic John J. Poindexter House in Jackson, Mississippi, was commissioned for the young Poindexter family and designed in the 1840s by architect William Nichols.