Böcker av Jeff Forret

"A prizewinning historian uncovers the first instances of reparations in America, paid to slaveholders, not former slaves"--

Covering 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 previously unexplored and under-reported. Forret's findings challenge historians' long-held assumption that mutual violence and animosity characterized the two groups' interactions.