Williams’ Gang: A Notorious Slave Trader and His Cargo of Black Convicts (Book)
Title: Williams’ Gang: A Notorious Slave Trader and His Cargo of Black Convicts
Author: Jeff Forret
Abstract: Leadership in History Award (large press category), American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), 2021
Year: 2016
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 978-1108493031
Copy sent to NEH?: No
"'How Deeply They Weed into the Pockets': Slave Traders, Bank Speculators, and the Anatomy of a Chesapeake Wildcat, 1840-1843" (Book Section)
Title: "'How Deeply They Weed into the Pockets': Slave Traders, Bank Speculators, and the Anatomy of a Chesapeake Wildcat, 1840-1843"
Author: Jeff Forret
Editor: Bruce E. Baker
Editor: Jeff Forret
Abstract: An edited anthology on the seedy origins of capitalism in the American South.
Year: 2021
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Book Title: Southern Scoundrels: Grifters and Graft in the Nineteenth Century
ISBN: 978-0807172193
"'How Deeply They Weed into the Pockets': Slave Traders, Bank Speculators, and the Anatomy of a Chesapeake Wildcat, 1840-1843" (Article)
Title: "'How Deeply They Weed into the Pockets': Slave Traders, Bank Speculators, and the Anatomy of a Chesapeake Wildcat, 1840-1843"
Author: Jeff Forret
Abstract: A study of the relationship between slave traders and antebellum banking.
Year: 2019
Format: Journal
Periodical Title: Journal of the Early Republic
“The Notorious ‘Yellow House’ That Made Washington, D.C. a Slavery Capital” (Article)
Title: “The Notorious ‘Yellow House’ That Made Washington, D.C. a Slavery Capital”
Author: Jeff Forret
Abstract: A study of a Washington, D.C., slave pen.
Year: 2020
Primary URL: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-yellow-house-helped-make-washington-dc-slavery-capital-180975378/.
Format: Magazine
Periodical Title: Smithsonian Magazine
Publisher: Smithsonian Magazine
“How the Yellow House Helped Make Washington, D.C., a Slavery Capital” (Article)
Title: “How the Yellow House Helped Make Washington, D.C., a Slavery Capital”
Author: Jeff Forret
Abstract: A study of a Washington, D.C., slave pen.
Year: 2020
Primary URL: https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2020/07/15/yellow-house-slavery-washington-dc-twelve-years-a-slave-solomon-northup/ideas/essay/.
Format: Other
Publisher: Zocalo Public Square
“A Slave Trader’s Office Decor and the Pornography of Capitalism” (Article)
Title: “A Slave Trader’s Office Decor and the Pornography of Capitalism”
Author: Jeff Forret
Abstract: A look at the inside of a slave trader's office.
Year: 2020
Primary URL: http://thepanorama.shear.org/2020/02/17/a-slave-traders-office-decor-and-the-pornography-of-capitalism/.
Format: Other
Periodical Title: The Panorama
Publisher: The Panorama
“Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Washington’s Most Notorious Slave Pen” (Article)
Title: “Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Washington’s Most Notorious Slave Pen”
Author: Jeff Forret
Abstract: A look at presidents' and vice presidents' relationships to the Yellow House slave pen in Washington, D.C.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://www.whitehousehistory.org/presidents-vice-presidents-and-washingtons-most-notorious-slave-pen.
Format: Other
Publisher: The White House Historical Association
“The History of Modern Mass Incarceration of African Americans Goes Deeper Than You May Think” (Article)
Title: “The History of Modern Mass Incarceration of African Americans Goes Deeper Than You May Think”
Author: Jeff Forret
Abstract: An examination of the antebellum roots of the prison-industrial complex.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://time.com/5738826/mass-incarceration-history/.
Format: Magazine
Periodical Title: Time
Publisher: Time
“The History of Black Incarceration Is Longer Than You May Think” (Article)
Title: “The History of Black Incarceration Is Longer Than You May Think”
Author: Jeff Forret
Abstract: An examination of the antebellum roots of the prison-industrial complex.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/173701.
Format: Other
Publisher: History News Network
“Congressional Courage, the D.C. Slave Trade, and Moral Politics in Washington” (Article)
Title: “Congressional Courage, the D.C. Slave Trade, and Moral Politics in Washington”
Author: Jeff Forret
Abstract: An examination of the politics behind the vote to end the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/173469.
Format: Other
Publisher: History News Network
“Deep in the Weeds: Slave Traders, Banks, and Reciprocity in Antebellum Maryland” (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: “Deep in the Weeds: Slave Traders, Banks, and Reciprocity in Antebellum Maryland”
Author: Jeff Forret
Abstract: An examination of the relationship between slave traders and antebellum banks.
Date: 04/01/2017
Conference Name: 110th Annual Meeting of the Organization of American Historians (OAH)
"Williams' Gang" (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: "Williams' Gang"
Abstract: Public book talk for the Deep East Texas Archaeological Society.
Author: Jeff Forret
Date: 05/01/2021
Location: Newton, Texas.
“William H. Williams, the Yellow House, and the Domestic Slave Trade in Washington, D.C.” (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: “William H. Williams, the Yellow House, and the Domestic Slave Trade in Washington, D.C.”
Abstract: Public talk on the Yellow House slave pen for the George Washington University Museum.
Author: Jeff Forret
Date: 04/01/2021
Location: Via Zoom for audience in Washington, D.C.
"Williams' Gang" (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: "Williams' Gang"
Abstract: Book talk for the Angelina County Historical Society.
Author: Jeff Forret
Date: 03/01/2021
Location: Lufkin, Texas.
“A Legal History of the Domestic Slave Trade” (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: “A Legal History of the Domestic Slave Trade”
Abstract: University of Mississippi Slavery Research Group lunch talk.
Author: Jeff Forret
Date: 08/01/2019
Location: Oxford, Mississippi.
“Williams’ Gang: A Slave Trader, His Cargo, and Justice in the Old South” (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: “Williams’ Gang: A Slave Trader, His Cargo, and Justice in the Old South”
Abstract: Public talk given at Nicholls State University as part of the Purchased Lives traveling museum exhibit by The Historic New Orleans Collection.
Author: Jeff Forret
Date: 09/01/2017
Location: Thibodaux, Louisiana
“The Domestic Slave Trade: Remembrance and Reincarnation” (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: “The Domestic Slave Trade: Remembrance and Reincarnation”
Abstract: Public talk for the Progressive Democrats of Southeast Texas.
Author: Jeff Forret
Date: 07/01/2017
Location: Beaumont, Texas.
“Williams’ Gang: A Slave Trader, His Cargo, and Justice in the Old South” (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: “Williams’ Gang: A Slave Trader, His Cargo, and Justice in the Old South”
Abstract: Public talk for the Purchased Lives traveling museum exhibit by The Historic New Orleans Collection.
Author: Jeff Forret
Date: 01/01/2017
Location: Bunkie, Louisiana
“William H. Williams, the Domestic Slave Trade, and the Law” (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: “William H. Williams, the Domestic Slave Trade, and the Law”
Abstract: Public talk for the local chapter of the Colonial Dames.
Author: Jeff Forret
Date: 01/01/2017
Location: Beaumont, Texas
New Books Network (Radio/Audio Broadcast or Recording)
Title: New Books Network
Director: Derek Litvak
Producer: Derek LItvak
Abstract: Podcast interview
Date: 03/25/2020
Primary URL: https://newbooksnetwork.com/jeff-forret-williams-gang-a-notorious-slave-trader-and-his-cargo-of-black-convicts-cambridge-up-2020/.
Format: Web
Cambridge University Press (Radio/Audio Broadcast or Recording)
Title: Cambridge University Press
Director: Cecelia Cancellaro
Producer: Cecelia Cancellaro
Abstract: Podcast interview
Date: 02/21/2020
Primary URL: http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2020/02/williams-gang-a-notorious-slave-trader-and-his-cargo-of-black-convicts/.
Format: Web