The Resource Williams' Gang : a notorious slave trader and his cargo of black convicts, Jeff Forret
Williams' Gang : a notorious slave trader and his cargo of black convicts, Jeff Forret
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- Summary
- William H. Williams operated a slave pen in Washington, DC, known as the Yellow House, and actively trafficked in enslaved men, women, and children for more than twenty years. His slave trading activities took an extraordinary turn in 1840 when he purchased twenty-seven enslaved convicts from the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond with the understanding that he could carry them outside of the United States for sale. When Williams conveyed his captives illegally into New Orleans, allegedly while en route to the foreign country of Texas, he prompted a series of courtroom dramas that would last for almost three decades. Based on court records, newspapers, governors' files, slave manifests, slave narratives, travelers' accounts, and penitentiary data, Williams' Gang examines slave criminality, the coastwise domestic slave trade, and southern jurisprudence as it supplies a compelling portrait of the economy, society, and politics of the Old South
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 470 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction: The slave depot of Washington, D.C.
- An ambush
- The Yellow House
- Sale and transportation
- Mobile to New Orleans
- Legal troubles
- The Millington Bank
- State v. Williams
- Slave trading in "hard times"
- Politics of the slave pen
- Brothers
- The Louisiana State Penitentiary
- Closure
- Perseverance
- Violet
- Epilogue: The legal legacy of the domestic slave trade
- Appendix A: The Williams' Gang slaves
- Appendix B: Sample slaving voyages of William H. Williams and his associates
- Appendix C: Slave data from sample slaving voyages
- Isbn
- 9781108493031
- Label
- Williams' Gang : a notorious slave trader and his cargo of black convicts
- Title
- Williams' Gang
- Title remainder
- a notorious slave trader and his cargo of black convicts
- Statement of responsibility
- Jeff Forret
- Title variation
- Notorious slave trader and his cargo of black convicts
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- William H. Williams operated a slave pen in Washington, DC, known as the Yellow House, and actively trafficked in enslaved men, women, and children for more than twenty years. His slave trading activities took an extraordinary turn in 1840 when he purchased twenty-seven enslaved convicts from the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond with the understanding that he could carry them outside of the United States for sale. When Williams conveyed his captives illegally into New Orleans, allegedly while en route to the foreign country of Texas, he prompted a series of courtroom dramas that would last for almost three decades. Based on court records, newspapers, governors' files, slave manifests, slave narratives, travelers' accounts, and penitentiary data, Williams' Gang examines slave criminality, the coastwise domestic slave trade, and southern jurisprudence as it supplies a compelling portrait of the economy, society, and politics of the Old South
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1972-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Forret, Jeff
- Dewey number
-
- 381/.44092
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- genealogical tables
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E442
- LC item number
- .F67 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Williams, William H
- Slave traders
- Slave trade
- Slavery
- Washington (D.C.)
- Label
- Williams' Gang : a notorious slave trader and his cargo of black convicts, Jeff Forret
- Bar code
- 31223131133267
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 372-453) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The slave depot of Washington, D.C. -- An ambush -- The Yellow House -- Sale and transportation -- Mobile to New Orleans -- Legal troubles -- The Millington Bank -- State v. Williams -- Slave trading in "hard times" -- Politics of the slave pen -- Brothers -- The Louisiana State Penitentiary -- Closure -- Perseverance -- Violet -- Epilogue: The legal legacy of the domestic slave trade -- Appendix A: The Williams' Gang slaves -- Appendix B: Sample slaving voyages of William H. Williams and his associates -- Appendix C: Slave data from sample slaving voyages
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 470 pages
- Isbn
- 9781108493031
- Lccn
- 2019015910
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, genealogical table
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1137060854
- Label
- Williams' Gang : a notorious slave trader and his cargo of black convicts, Jeff Forret
- Bar code
- 31223131133267
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 372-453) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The slave depot of Washington, D.C. -- An ambush -- The Yellow House -- Sale and transportation -- Mobile to New Orleans -- Legal troubles -- The Millington Bank -- State v. Williams -- Slave trading in "hard times" -- Politics of the slave pen -- Brothers -- The Louisiana State Penitentiary -- Closure -- Perseverance -- Violet -- Epilogue: The legal legacy of the domestic slave trade -- Appendix A: The Williams' Gang slaves -- Appendix B: Sample slaving voyages of William H. Williams and his associates -- Appendix C: Slave data from sample slaving voyages
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 470 pages
- Isbn
- 9781108493031
- Lccn
- 2019015910
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, genealogical table
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1137060854
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