Latin America & Caribbean Workshop - "Slavery, Freedom and Civil Law in the Brazilian Courts (1860-1888): How the Black Lawyer Luiz Gama Developed a Legal Doctrine that Freed Five Hundred Slaves"

Date
Friday, March 6, 2020, 4:30 pm6:00 pm
Location
210 Dickinson Hall
Audience
Public

Speaker

Details

Event Description

"Slavery, Freedom and Civil Law in the Brazilian Courts (1860-1888): How the Black Lawyer Luiz Gama Developed a Legal Doctrine that Freed Five Hundred Slaves"

Bruno Lima, Max Planck Institute for European and Legal History


For more information and for a copy of the pre-circulated paper, please contact Felice Physioc by email at [email protected].

Co-Sponsored by:

Program in Latin American Studies

Contact
Felice Physioc
Area of Interest
Constitutional History
Latino
Legal History
Slavery
Period
19th Century
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Scholarly Series
Latin America and Caribbean Workshop