In his meticulously researched and superbly crafted book, Jeff Forret chronicles the convoluted misadventures of infamous slave trader William H. Williams.
Cambridge University Press
9781108493031
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Cambridge University Press
9781108493031
In his meticulously researched and superbly crafted book, Jeff Forret chronicles the convoluted misadventures of infamous slave trader William H. Williams.
The United States ended its participation in the transatlantic slave trade on January 1, 1808, but Congress still allowed the domestic buying and selling of slaves. In 1835, one congressman declared the District of Columbia “the principal mart of the slave trade of the Union.” Slaves were involved in the construction of the U.S. Capitol…
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