Dayton is a Professor of History at the University of Connecticut. My larger aim is to produce a biography of Peters framed for academic, classroom, and general audiences.Ĭornelia H. 1784), Peters drew some Whites’ ire and condescension. As a Black man who aspired to gentility and who married a celebrated Black woman of letters, the poet Phillis Wheatley (d. Peters was a savvy litigator who employed eminent lawyers and called himself a lawyer at one point. His multi-faceted entwinement with the law may have been the most extensive for any Black person in the Northeast in the 1700s. The talk presents an overview of new research findings on the legal activities of John Peters of Boston (ca. Candidate, Philosophy, UConn) Wednesday, February 15, 2023, 3:30pm, Humanities Institute Conference Room (HBL 4-209)Īdd to Google calendar Add to Office 365 calendar Add to other calendar The event will also be livestreamed with automated captioning. Litigating and Lawyering while Black in Late 18th-Century Massachusetts Cornelia Dayton (Professor of History, UConn) with a response by Yuhan Liang (Ph.D.
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