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Chapter 8 - Slave Trading in “Hard Times”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2020

Jeff Forret
Jeff Forret
Affiliation:
Lamar University, Texas
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Summary

While William H. Williams was in jail and otherwise occupied in New Orleans, his jailers, Joshua Staples and Ebenezer Rodbird, and his brother Thomas Williams assumed control of the family slaving operations. This chapter analyzes the Williams brothers’ human cargoes, the geographic scope of their business, and the specific business practices that made them so successful in the trade. Meanwhile, in 1844, Louisiana’s Attorney General, Christian Roselius, secured a re–hearing before the Louisiana state Supreme Court on Williams’ case, based on different legal grounds than in the previous trial. This time, the Supreme Court ruled against William H. Williams.

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Joshua StaplesThomas Williamsbusiness practicesslave mortgagesHenry BullardAlonzo MorphyEdward Simon
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Williams' Gang
A Notorious Slave Trader and his Cargo of Black Convicts
 , pp. 187 - 206
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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