State of the Field: Slavery and the Law
Endorsed by the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR)
Friday, April 3, 2020, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Type: State of the Field
Tags: Legal and Constitutional; Race; Slavery
Abstract
In recent years, new scholarship on the legal histories of slavery in the early modern Atlantic and the United States has transformed our understanding of many aspects of this already-vibrant field of study. Each of the presenters has contributed in important ways to these conversations.
Session Participants
Chair and Panelist: Ariela J. Gross, University of Southern California
Panelist: Michelle Ann McKinley, University of Oregon School of Law
Panelist: Sue Peabody, Washington State University Vancouver
Panelist: Edward Bartlett Rugemer, Yale University
Panelist: Kimberly M. Welch, Vanderbilt University