Isaac Franklin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Isaac Franklin

American planter

Date of Birth: 26-May-1789

Place of Birth: Sumner County, Tennessee, United States

Date of Death: 27-Apr-1846

Profession: military personnel, slave trader

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Isaac Franklin (May 26, 1789 – April 27, 1846) was an American slave trader and plantation owner.
He was the co-founder of Franklin & Armfield, which became "the largest slave trading firm" in the United States.
Based in Alexandria, Virginia, it also had offices in New Orleans and other Louisiana cities.
Franklin owned six plantations in Louisiana and Tennessee.
His Fairvue plantation, in Sumner County, Tennessee, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. By 1841, Franklin left slave trading and devoted his energy to the plantations and other property interests.
At the age of 50, he was married, for the first time, to Adelicia Hayes of Nashville.
None of their four children survived to adulthood. In the late 19th century, his widow eventually sold the Louisiana plantations.
In West Feliciana Parish, his former Angola and other plantations were bought by the state in 1901 and converted for use as Louisiana State Penitentiary, the largest maximum-security prison in the United States.