Media
This page shares recent presentations and publications by and about the Slavery, Law & Power project. Where possible, we include links to articles, conference programs, and video recordings of presentations.
Media Insights
This page features two sections: Presentations and Featured Articles. Explore past and upcoming presentations on key topics, and discover media coverage and recent publications from our team.
Learn about our past and forthcoming presentations, covering the history of slavery and law in the British empire and early US, digital humanities methods, and other project features.
Read media coverage of our project and recent publications emerging from team members’ work on the project.
Presentations
North American Conference on British Studies
“Whose Fundamental Constitutions?” by Holly Brewer
November 15-17, 2024
American Society for Legal History Conference
New Directions in Digital Legal History
October 24-26, 2004
Archives Beyond Borders
Archives of Revolution Conference
June 20-22, 2024
“Archives Beyond Borders” moderation and commentary by Holly Brewer
Virginia Forum
Slavery, Law, and Power in Virginia and the British Atlantic World: Digital Humanities Research and Best Practices
April 4-6, 2024
Somerset v. Steurt @ 250
A Virtual Roundtable Discussion
November 30, 2022
American Philosophical Society
Open Data: Reuse, Redistribution, and Risk | June 2-3 2022
“Toward an Open Access HTR Program for Early Modern Paleography”
Presenter: Holly Brewer (University of Maryland, College Park)
Presentation begins at 18:30
Society of Early Americanists
SEA 2023 Biennial | June 8, 2023
SLP: Creating a thematically oriented, collaborative, open-access collection of manuscript sources.
Presenters: Holly Brewer, Lauren M. Michalak (University of Maryland), Jamie Gemmell (King’s College London)
History and Archives in Practice
The National Archives UK| March 24, 2023
Presenters: Holly Brewer, Lauren M. Michalak (University of Maryland), Jamie Gemmell (King’s College London)
Speaking of Digital Scholarship
Slavery Law & Power Project Launch| February 15, 2022
Presenters: Holly Brewer, Ji Kim, Lauren M. Michalak, Hannah Nolan, Jordan Sly (University of Maryland, College Park)
The Americas Online: Thinking Digitally About Early America
Law, Slavery, and the Digital Humanities | November 12, 2021
Presenters: Matt M. Fischer, Derek Litvak, Lauren M. Michalak (University of Maryland, College Park)
American Philosophical Society
Meanings of Independence | October 18-22 2021
“Cruel War Against Human Nature Itself: Understanding the American Revolution’s Impact on Slavery within the Context of Imperial Governance”
Presenter: Holly Brewer (University of Maryland, College Park)
Association for Documentary Editing Annual Conference
Tracing Debates Over Justice and Democracy | July 6 2021
Presenters: Matt M. Fischer, Lauren M. Michalak, Jordan S. Sly; Holly Brewer as chair (University of Maryland, College Park)
Featured Articles
Deciphering History, Unearthing Hard Truths
Sophomore history major Lulu Long’s internship with the Slavery, Law, and Power project focuses on uncovering stories that shape our understanding of history.
Curating Debates over Democracy and Justice in Early America and the British Empire
By Lauren K. Michalak,
Jordan S. Sly,
Holly Brewer
Issued in ‘Scholarly Editing, Volume 39’
Whose Fundamental Constitutions?
The article by Holly Brewer uses the methods that Locke advocated in his Essay Concerning Human Understanding to evaluate manuscript evidence from five different schemes and two drafts of the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina, to thereby determine what role, if any, John Locke had in writing it, and in advocating for slavery and absolutism.