CRM 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: La Amistad, Atavism, Class Discrimination

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 1301
• Professor: Christine Gervais

Document Summary

Presence of the bible is rationalized through the abolitionists. Bible is portrayed as a method of trust between people and people as well as people and god. Is there equality before the law/court? (non-human/non-legal status of slaves) Lawyers referring to them as chattel, and not human (recognition of humanity) Slaves were seen as property as opposed to human beings: transaction given to the property of spain. Brought to court over issues of ownership (spain, american, english, etc. ) Case: nothing more than livestock trade (the wrongful possession of stolen goods"), sub-human. Judge is changed because they were worried that he would rule in favour of the defense (abolitionists were winning the case). He was catholic so they believed that he would follow in the means of the catholic queen of spain. How are assumptions of inferiority, atavistic throwbacks , and comparisons to the. Prisoners were devalued because of their racial differences (marxism also)