Seth Woodroof | |
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 Lynchburg Daily Virginian, October 23, 1856 | |
| Born | c. 1805 Virginia |
| Died | August 4, 1875 |
| Occupation(s) | Slave trader, owner of Woodroof's jail |
Seth Woodroof (c. 1805 – August 4, 1875) was a slave trader based in Lynchburg in central Virginia, United States. He was an interstate trader who ran what the Lynchburg Museum called the "most active and infamous"[1] slave pen in the city. He is believed to have been actively trading from approximately 1830 until the beginning of the American Civil War in 1861. Woodroof sat on the Lynchburg city council from 1858 to 1865.
- ^ "Slavery in Lynchburg". Lynchburg Museum System. Retrieved 2023-11-26.