Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018
Noon to 1:15 p..m.
Lubar Commons, UW Law School
Christy Clark-Pujara is an associate professor of history in the Department Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on the experiences of black people in British and French North America in the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries. Her first book "Dark Work: The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island" (NYU Press), examines how the business of slavery—the buying and selling of people, food, and goods—shaped the experience of slavery, the process of emancipation, and the realities of black freedom in Rhode Island from the colonial period through the American Civil War. Her current book project, "Black on the Midwestern Frontier: From Slavery to Suffrage in the Wisconsin Territory, 1725 to 1868," examines how the practice of race-based slavery, black settlement, and debates over abolition and black rights shaped white-black race relations in the Midwest. Her current project is supported by the Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Award and Feminist Scholar’s Fellowship (UW-Center for Research on Gender and Women).
Professor David Schwartz will host the presentation. Lunch
will be provided on a first come, first served basis. Registration not
required. Questions can be directed to michelle.preston@wisc.edu.
Submitted by Law School News on October 3, 2018
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