Oral Argument

Episode 108: University, Court, and Slave

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Al Brophy returns to discuss, among other things, his new book on the connections between slavery, the academy, legal theory, and the judiciary.

This show’s links:

  • Al Brophy’s faculty profile and writing
  • Alfred Brophy, University, Court, and Slave: Pro-Slavery Thought in Southern Colleges and Courts and the Coming of Civil War; see also Al’s blog post about the book and Google books page where you can browse a bit
  • Oral Argument 76: Brutality (guest Al Brophy)
  • Brooks Barnes and Cara Buckley, ‘The Birth of a Nation,’ Nate Parker’s Heralded Film, Is Now Cloaked in Controversy
  • Birth of a Nation (2016) trailer
  • State v. Mann
  • Sally Green, State v. Mann Exhumed
  • About Thomas R.R. Cobb
  • Thomas Cobb, An Inquiry into the Law of Negro Slavery in the United States of America
  • Daniel Victor, Bill O’Reilly Defends Comments About ‘Well Fed’ Slaves
  • Sarah Roth, Gender and Race in Antebellum Popular Culture (browse here on Google Books); see also Al’s blog post
  • Slavery’s Capitalism (Sven Beckert and Seth Rockman, eds.); see also Al’s blog post about the book and containing links)
  • State v. Negro Will, Slave of James S. Battle

    • Special Guest: Al Brophy.

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