LAW 5709: The Law of American Slavery Seminar - 2174

The Law of American Slavery Seminar
Class Term:
Spring Term 2016-2017
Catalog Number:
5709
Class Number:
30966
Class Schedule:
Tuesday
10:30 am
12:20 pm
Room:
LAW 121
Type:
Seminar
Credits:
3 (3 Contact, 0 Field)
Graduation Requirements:
Upper-Level Writing
"W" Writing
Priority:
Seminar - 3rd Year Priority
Full Year Course:
No
Category:
Standard Courses

Grading Details

The grade will be substantially based on a final paper, with a small adjustment for class participation (or lack thereof); as a seminar it is important that students participate.

Description

This seminar will examine how laws, cases, and the U.S. Constitution helped create and preserve slavery. Class will read statutes and cases from the 17th century; excerpts from pro-and anti-slavery treatises, 18th and 19th century statutes and cases; major supreme court decisions; a short book on the Dred Scott case and monograph on slavery, law, and the Founding of America. There will be sections on criminal law, fugitive slave laws, constitutional law, and the law of manumission. There will be two or more days devoted to the large body of material on slavery and the law from Pennsylvania.

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