Jeff Forret Books
Race Relations At The Margins: Slaves And Poor Whites In The Antebellum Southern Countryside
By Jeff Forret
Taking a broad geographic scope from Virginia to South Carolina between 1820 and 1860, Jeff Forret scrutinizes relations among rural poor whites and slaves, a subject virtually unexplored and certa...
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Williams' Gang: A Notorious Slave Trader And His Cargo Of Black Convicts
By Jeff Forret
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 act...
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