→ Slavery and the Law: An Essay Collection
In the course of my studies in law at McGill University, I was able to take some incredible and fascinating courses. One that topped my list was Slavery and the Law taught by Prof. Adelle Blackett.
I loved this course for so many reasons — too many to list here. One of my favourite parts of the class was the opportunity to write thoughtful commentaries on the four books that we were assigned to read.
I’m proud enough of what I wrote for that course that I’m sharing my pieces here. I wrote these essays in autumn 2016.
(pro)claiming Angélique’s story: framing Canada’s slave history
Multiple Consciousness and Zong! as Remembering, Mourning and Disruption of Legal Pedagogy
Marronage and Mass Resistance as Jurisgenerative Law-Making in the Saint Domingue Revolution
Ethical Co-optation: Facilitating Social Justice & Progressive Politics Through and With Mrs. Dred Scott
in Canada in McGill’s Faculty of Law
Other than slight stylistic and copyediting changes for improved readability, I have reproduced these essays here as I wrote them in 2016.