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SLAVERY AGAINST THE LAW: Enslavement and Human Trafficking in Historical Perspective, from the Amistad Captives (1839) to Siliadin v. France (2005)   Date: Thursday, October 06, 2011 download event (iCalendar) Time: 04:00 PM to 06:30 PM Location: Hutchins Hall 250 Room reservation status: Scheduled Description: A panel discussion Chair: Martha S. Jones (UM History, Department of African and Afroamerican Studies, Law). Panel: Michael Zeuske (History, the University of Köln, Germany) “Rethinking the Case of the Schooner Amistad: Contraband and Complicity” ; Ibrahima Thioub (History, UCAD-Dakar, Senegal) “Persistent Stigma: Bloodlines, Color Lines and the Memory of Slavery in West Africa” ; Rebecca J. Scott (UM History/Law) “Adélaïde Durand and Iwa Akofa Siliadin: The Dynamics of Enslavement in 1810 and 1994” ; Comment: Christopher McCrudden (Law, Oxford, Queen’s University - Belfast, and UM). Discussion: The Audience Web site URL: http://www.law.umich.edu/centersandprograms/racelawhistory/Pages/upcomingevents.aspx Audience: Admitted Students; Faculty; General Public; Staff; University community Open to: Law Students, Faculty, Staff, and the public Sponsor: Dean's Office Status: Law School:Scheduled Faculty:Scheduled Students:Scheduled Contact name: Barbara Zezulka Brown Contact e-mail: zezulka@umich.edu