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Chapter 12 - Closure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2020

Jeff Forret
Jeff Forret
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Lamar University, Texas
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Summary

The movement to abolish the slave trade in the District of Columbia continued unabated in the latter 1840s, now with the gag rule removed. Slavery placed increasing stresses on the nation as a whole, and Congress responded by passing the Compromise of 1850. One feature of this agreement was the suppression of the D.C. slave trade, which effectively shuttered William H. Williams’ Yellow House. The chapter ends by briefly recounting the careers of Williams’ slave–trading associates Rudolph Littlejohn, Ebenezer Rodbird, Joshua Staples, Nathaniel Boush, and, in greater detail, his brother Thomas Williams.

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abolitionslave tradeHenry ClayCompromise of 1850Committee of ThirteenFugitive Slave ActFredrika BremerNathaniel BoushScottWilliams & Companycotton factor
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Williams' Gang
A Notorious Slave Trader and his Cargo of Black Convicts
 , pp. 275 - 297
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Closure
  • Jeff Forret, Lamar University, Texas
  • Book: Williams' Gang
  • Online publication: 16 January 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108651912.013
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  • Closure
  • Jeff Forret, Lamar University, Texas
  • Book: Williams' Gang
  • Online publication: 16 January 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108651912.013
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  • Closure
  • Jeff Forret, Lamar University, Texas
  • Book: Williams' Gang
  • Online publication: 16 January 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108651912.013
Available formats
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