William Kenner
William Kenner | |
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Silhouette of William Butler Kenner Sr. from ledger book of William Bache (Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery object S/NPG.2002.184.312) | |
| Born | June 4, 1774 Virginia |
| Died | May 10, 1824 (aged 49) New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Slave trader, sugar planter, cotton factor |
William Kenner (June 4, 1774 – May 10, 1824) was a shipping magnate, slave trader, and cotton broker in territorial Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States. He also owned large sugar plantations along the Mississippi River that were worked by an enslaved labor force. Kenner is remembered as an "influential spokesman for the mercantile community throughout the region."