32401
Seminar
WiSe 17/18: The History of Felon Disenfranchisement and Race in the United States Pre-1877
Helen Gibson
Comments
The institution of American chattel slavery and laws governing felony convictions evolved in tandem from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries, influencing and influenced by notions of racial difference. Students will examine the development of citizenship rights in the United States with particular emphasis on the advent of the carceral state. Questions to be explored over the course of the semester include: What are the origins of U.S. common law? What roles did the free black populations of the United States play in the antebellum expansion and suppression of voting rights? And, what is the semantic relationship between such famous sentiments as “Give me liberty, or give me death!” and “What, to an American slave, is your 4th of July?”
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16 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Mon, 2017-10-16 12:00 - 14:00
Mon, 2017-10-23 12:00 - 14:00
Mon, 2017-10-30 12:00 - 14:00
Mon, 2017-11-06 12:00 - 14:00
Mon, 2017-11-13 12:00 - 14:00
Mon, 2017-11-20 12:00 - 14:00
Mon, 2017-11-27 12:00 - 14:00
Mon, 2017-12-04 12:00 - 14:00
Mon, 2017-12-11 12:00 - 14:00
Mon, 2017-12-18 12:00 - 14:00
Mon, 2018-01-08 12:00 - 14:00
Mon, 2018-01-15 12:00 - 14:00
Mon, 2018-01-22 12:00 - 14:00
Mon, 2018-01-29 12:00 - 14:00
Mon, 2018-02-05 12:00 - 14:00
Mon, 2018-02-12 12:00 - 14:00