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Frontier Justice: Western New York Blazes a Trail on the Underground Railroad and Down the Erie Canal

Name: Frontier Justice: Western New York Blazes a Trail on the Underground Railroad and Down the Erie Canal
Start: 2006-10-04T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2006-10-04T23:59:59-04:00

October 4, 2006

Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society

PROGRAM

WELCOME
Hon. Judith S. Kaye, Chief Judge of the State of New York

OPENING REMARKS
Hon. Albert M. Rosenblatt, President, Historical Society of the New York Courts

LECTURES

SLAVERY, FREEDOM AND THE NEW YORK COURTS
Prof. Paul Finkelman, McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law, Albany Law School

THE ERIE CANAL & THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN LAW
Prof. John Fabian Witt, Professor of Law, Columbia University

Watch the Program Video

Details

Date:: October 4, 2006
Event Category:: Public Events