Teaching Slavery in Commercial Law: The Simulation
THIS SIMULATION IS REFERRED TO IN VOLUME 28, ISSUE 1, TEACHING SLAVERY IN COMMERCIAL LAW BY CARLISS N. CHATMAN.
The Simulation:
Syllabus: Slavery and Commercial Law At Washington and Lee
Review Session Powerpoint: Slavery and Commercial Law
Review Session Handouts: Slavery and Commercial Law
Washington and Lee Archival Materials:
Archival Guide to the Robinson Documents
Archival Materials – the Robinson Documents (zip file)
Required Readings:
American Capitalism Is Brutal. You Can Trace That to the Plantation
Chapter CIII of the Code of Virginia (1860)
Slavery on campus – recovering the history of Washington College’s discarded slaves
Bank of Kentucky v. Vance’s Administrators, 14 Ky. 168, 4 Litt. 168 (1823)
Additional Readings and Materials:
1619: A New York Times Audio Series
How Slavery Became the Economic Engine of the South
Human collateral: British banking’s long-neglected connection with slavery in Brazil
