Race and Slavery on UVA's North Grounds

LAW9364
Section 1, Fall 24
Flaherty, Randall N

Schedule Information

Enrollment: 4/8
Credits: 3
Days Time Room Start Date End Date

Mon

 		1410-1610 WB278 09/02/2024 12/02/2024

Course Description

This research seminar will explore the historical intersections of slavery, race, and law on UVA’s North Grounds. Class readings, discussions, and field trips will investigate the history of this landscape within a broader historical context of enslavement in Virginia and at the University, land use in Virginia, and the Jim Crow South. Seminar meetings will discuss assigned readings and engage with related research initiatives such as Mapping Cville. Students will design and complete individual research projects on a topic of their choosing related to North Grounds history.

Course Requirements

Exam Information

Final Type (if any): None

Written Work Product

Students will write weekly reading responses due directly to the instructors (not via EXPO). Students will write a final paper due via EXPO by noon on December 18, 2024. Students seeking to use the paper for their upper-level writing requirement must submit a special request form to SRO by the deadline on October 1, 2024. The e-form is available on LawWeb.

Other Course Details

Prerequisites: None Concurrencies: None

Exclusive With: None

Laptops Allowed: Yes

First Day Attendance Required: No

Course Resources: To be announced.

Course Notes: This will be a cross-listed class with the UVA History Department. The total enrollment will be around 16 students. The enrollment cap reflected at the top of this page is for the LAW-mnemonic class only.

Graduation Requirements

Satisfies Understanding Bias/Racism/Cross-Cultural Competency requirement: Yes

Satisfies Writing Requirement: No

Credits For Prof. Skills Requirement: No

Satisfies Professional Ethics: No

Additional Course Information

Schedule No.: 124820452

Modified Type: ABA Seminar

Cross Listed: Yes

Cross-Listed Course Mnemonic: HIST 5706 (20209)

Waitlist Count: 0

Concentrations: Legal History , Race and Law

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*During open enrollment periods, live enrollment data may be found in SIS.