Post by sam on Jun 28, 2011 10:27:16 GMT -5
For immediate release: Jun 28, 2011
Posted by: [DNR]
Contact: Jeannie Regan-Dinius
Phone: (317) 234-1268
Email: dnrnews@dnr.in.gov
Talks about slavery's Indiana history, July 13
Slavery and its role in Indiana history will be the topic of two talks given by constitutional historian Paul Finkelman of Albany Law School (New York), July 13. Attending each is free to the public.
In the first, at 3 p.m. in Indianapolis, Finkelman will conduct a continuing legal education (CLE) class at the Indiana Supreme Court to discuss the case Polly V. Lasselle. Despite the Indiana State Constitution not allowing slavery, the Indiana Supreme Court still had to grapple with the issue.
In the early days of Indiana statehood, Polly Strong was an enslaved woman owned by Col. Hyacinth Lasselle, one of Vincennes' most prominent citizens. The Supreme Court determined Indiana had banned slavery in 1816 and held Lasselle's claim to Strong violated the State constitution.
At this same talk, historian Dani Pfaff of the Indiana Historical Bureau will discuss recently found documentation that counters common belief that the Strong case definitively ended slavery and indentured servitude in Indiana. Part of the Indiana Supreme Courts lecture series, this talk is free, but reservations are required. Contact the Indiana Supreme Court at (317) 232-2550 or skidwell@courts.state.IN.us.
At 6:30 p.m. that night, Finkelman will speak to the general public about slavery, the Constitution and Indiana at Pendleton Community Public Library (595 East Water Street). Reservations are not required at this free talk.
Finkelman is the President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law and Public Policy and Senior Fellow in the Government Law Center at the Albany Law School. He specializes in American legal history, race and the law. He has written more than 150 scholarly articles and more than 25 books. His work on legal history and Constitutional law has been cited by the United States Supreme Court, numerous other courts, and in many appellate briefs.
Pfaff has been with the Indiana Historical Bureau for more than 20 years and serves as research historian for all historical markers related to the UGRR, slavery, and other related content.
The program has been made possible through a grant from the Indiana Humanities Council, in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Humanities. Additional sponsors include the Indiana Women's History Association, the Pendleton Public Library, the South Madison Community Foundation, the Owens Family Fun, the Pendleton Historical Museum, the Indiana Supreme Court, and the Indiana Historical Bureau, and the DNR Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology.
Posted by: [DNR]
Contact: Jeannie Regan-Dinius
Phone: (317) 234-1268
Email: dnrnews@dnr.in.gov
Talks about slavery's Indiana history, July 13
Slavery and its role in Indiana history will be the topic of two talks given by constitutional historian Paul Finkelman of Albany Law School (New York), July 13. Attending each is free to the public.
In the first, at 3 p.m. in Indianapolis, Finkelman will conduct a continuing legal education (CLE) class at the Indiana Supreme Court to discuss the case Polly V. Lasselle. Despite the Indiana State Constitution not allowing slavery, the Indiana Supreme Court still had to grapple with the issue.
In the early days of Indiana statehood, Polly Strong was an enslaved woman owned by Col. Hyacinth Lasselle, one of Vincennes' most prominent citizens. The Supreme Court determined Indiana had banned slavery in 1816 and held Lasselle's claim to Strong violated the State constitution.
At this same talk, historian Dani Pfaff of the Indiana Historical Bureau will discuss recently found documentation that counters common belief that the Strong case definitively ended slavery and indentured servitude in Indiana. Part of the Indiana Supreme Courts lecture series, this talk is free, but reservations are required. Contact the Indiana Supreme Court at (317) 232-2550 or skidwell@courts.state.IN.us.
At 6:30 p.m. that night, Finkelman will speak to the general public about slavery, the Constitution and Indiana at Pendleton Community Public Library (595 East Water Street). Reservations are not required at this free talk.
Finkelman is the President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law and Public Policy and Senior Fellow in the Government Law Center at the Albany Law School. He specializes in American legal history, race and the law. He has written more than 150 scholarly articles and more than 25 books. His work on legal history and Constitutional law has been cited by the United States Supreme Court, numerous other courts, and in many appellate briefs.
Pfaff has been with the Indiana Historical Bureau for more than 20 years and serves as research historian for all historical markers related to the UGRR, slavery, and other related content.
The program has been made possible through a grant from the Indiana Humanities Council, in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Humanities. Additional sponsors include the Indiana Women's History Association, the Pendleton Public Library, the South Madison Community Foundation, the Owens Family Fun, the Pendleton Historical Museum, the Indiana Supreme Court, and the Indiana Historical Bureau, and the DNR Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology.