The following Project Highlight was originally created for the DH@MSU Undergraduate Newsletter and was featured in the October 18, 2023 issue. Subscribe to the Newsletter here.

Citing Slavery

The legal profession must confront its role in slavery. 

Acknowledging and discussing the modern citation of slave cases is a first step. The Citing Slavery Project provides a database of slave cases and the modern cases that continue to cite them as precedent. Explore citations now.