Monsanto family controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1787
Continuing slave-trade contracts
Manuel Jacob Monsanto engaged in twelve contracts involving enslaved Africans between 1787 and 1789. These records further document the family’s direct participation in the slave economy.
1785
Participation in the slave trade
Benjamin Monsanto participated in a documented transaction exchanging thirteen enslaved people for indigo. The family also held enslaved Africans and sold enslaved people to Louisiana plantation owners, making slavery a direct component of its commercial and plantation wealth.