American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “What’s Public and Private in the History of American Slavery? Private Controls, Public Interests and Open Secrets under Southern Slavery,” November 5, 2021 @ 1:15 – 2:40 pm

1:15 PM – 2:40 PM

What’s Public and Private in the History of American Slavery? Private Controls, Public Interests and Open Secrets under Southern Slavery (Poydras)

Chair: Brittany Farr, University of Pennsylvania Law School (bfarr@law.upenn.edu), Commentator: Alexandra Finley, University of Pittsburgh (ajf112@pitt.edu)

Justene Hill Edwards, University of Virginia (justenehill@virginia.edu)
Private Mastery: The Legalities of Slaveholding Mastery and Privacy in the Antebellum South

Aaron Hall, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (arhall@umn.edu)
“Who do you belong to?” Rights, Duties and Powers in Slavery’s Governance

Alexis Broderick, University of New Hampshire (alexis.broderick@unh.edu)
“If I Had My Justice”: Freedwomen, the Freedmen’s Bureau, and Paternity in the Post-Emancipation South

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