"Slavery Against the Law," Oct. 6, 2011
From left: Professors Michael Zeuske, University of Cologne, Germany; Rebecca Scott, U-M; J. Christopher McCrudden, U-M; and Martha Jones, U-M.
"Slavery Against the Law," Oct. 6, 2011
Professor Ibrahima Thioub, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal.
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ILLEGAL ENSLAVEMENT A panel discussion exploring "Slavery Against the Law: Enslavement and Human Trafficking in Historical Perspective, from the Amistad Captives (1839) to Siliadian v. France (2005)" was sponsored by the Program in Race, Law & History October 6. The event included Prof. Martha S. Jones, history and law at the University of Michigan, as moderator, and guest speakers Professors Michael Zeuske, University of Cologne, Germany; Ibrahima Thioub, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal; J. Christopher McCrudden, William W. Cook Global Law Professor, Michigan Law; and Rebecca Scott, history and law, U-M. The panel addressed illegal enslavement from the period of the contraband Atlantic trade in captives to contemporary servitude, with a focus on recent decisions in the European Court of Human Rights and in the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States. Photos by Philip Dattilo |
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