Ariela Gross's guest appearances

Ariela Gross

Good Law | Bad Law

Ipse Dixit

The Legal History Podcast

Hadar Aviram

John Culhane

Heidi Brown

Ray Brescia

Alejandro de la Fuente

Ezra Rosser

Adam Winkler

Ilya Somin

Mary Ziegler

Scott Dodson

Aya Gruber

Greg Shill

Patrick O'Donnell

David Ley

Seth Williams

OwlTail

In this episode, Siobhan talks with Alejandro de la Fuente and Ariela Gross about their book, “Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana” (Cambridge University Press, 2020). How did Africans become 'blacks' in the Americas? Becoming Free, Becoming Black tells the story of enslaved and free people of color who used the law to claim freedom and citizenship for themselves and their loved ones. Their communities challenged slaveholders' efforts to make blackness synonymous with slavery. Looking closely at three slave societies - Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana - Alejandro de la Fuente and Ariela J. Gross demonstrate that the law of freedom - not slavery - established the meaning of blackness in law. Contests over freedom determined whether and how it was possible to move from slave to free status, and whether claims to citizenship would be tied to racial identity. Laws regulating the lives and institutions of free people of color created the boundaries between black and white, the rights reserved to white people, and the degradations imposed only on black people. Alejandro de la Fuente is Robert Wood Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics and is Professor of African and African American Studies and of History at Harvard University. He is a historian of Latin America and the Caribbean who specializes in the study of comparative slavery and race relations. Ariela Gross is John B. and Alice R. Sharp Professor of Law and History at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law where she teaches Contracts, History of American Law, and Race and Gender in the Law. Her research and writing focuses on race and slavery in the United States.

In this episode, Siobhan talks with <a href="https://aaas.fas.harvard.edu/people/alejandro-de-la-fuente" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alejandro de la Fuente</a> and <a href="https://gould.usc.edu/faculty/?id=219" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ariela Gross </a>about their book, “<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/history/atlantic-history/becoming-free-becoming-black-race-freedom-and-law-cuba-virginia-and-louisiana?format=HB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana</a>” (Cambridge University Press, 2020). How did Africans become 'blacks' in the Americas? Becoming Free, Becoming Black tells the story of enslaved and free people of color who used the law to claim freedom and citizenship for themselves and their loved ones. Their communities challenged slaveholders' efforts to make blackness synonymous with slavery. Looking closely at three slave societies - Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana - Alejandro de la Fuente and Ariela J. Gross demonstrate that the law of freedom - not slavery - established the meaning of blackness in law. Contests over freedom determined whether and how it was possible to move from slave to free status, and whether claims to citizenship would be tied to racial identity. Laws regulating the lives and institutions of free people of color created the boundaries between black and white, the rights reserved to white people, and the degradations imposed only on black people. Alejandro de la Fuente is Robert Wood Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics and is Professor of African and African American Studies and of History at Harvard University. He is a historian of Latin America and the Caribbean who specializes in the study of comparative slavery and race relations. Ariela Gross is John B. and Alice R. Sharp Professor of Law and History at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law where she teaches Contracts, History of American Law, and Race and Gender in the Law. Her research and writing focuses on race and slavery in the United States.

EPISODE 21: Ariela Gross and Alejandro de la Fuente

In this episode, Alejandro de la Fuente, Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics, Professor of African and African American Studies and of History and Director of the Afro-Latin American Research Institute at Harvard University, and Ariela J. Gross, John B. and Alice R. Sharp Professor of Law and History and Co-Director of the Center for Law, History, and Culture at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, discuss their new book, "Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana," which is published by Cambridge University Press. They begin by explaining the origins of the project. They explain why they chose those three jurisdictions, and reflect on how the law of freedom affected the law of slavery. And they discuss how and why the three jurisdictions developed in different ways. Gross is on Twitter @arielagross.This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, <a href="https://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/alejandro-de-la-fuente" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Alejandro de la Fuente</a>, Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics, Professor of African and African American Studies and of History and Director of the Afro-Latin American Research Institute at Harvard University, and <a href="https://gould.usc.edu/faculty/?id=219" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Ariela J. Gross</a>, John B. and Alice R. Sharp Professor of Law and History and Co-Director of the Center for Law, History, and Culture at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, discuss their new book, "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Free-Black-Virginia-Louisiana/dp/1108480640" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana</a>," which is published by Cambridge University Press. They begin by explaining the origins of the project. They explain why they chose those three jurisdictions, and reflect on how the law of freedom affected the law of slavery. And they discuss how and why the three jurisdictions developed in different ways. Gross is on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/arielagross" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@arielagross</a>.This episode was hosted by <a href="http://law.uky.edu/directory/brian-l-frye" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Brian L. Frye</a>, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/brianlfrye" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@brianlfrye</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Alejandro de la Fuente and Ariela Gross on the Law of Freedom & Slavery

How do we think about race? How do we think about the history of racism in the law?   Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by Professor Ariela Gross, of the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, to discuss the notion of race, racism, and the laws of freedom. Ariela is the co-author of a new book that explores today’s topic; Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana, tells the story of enslaved and free people of color who used the law to claim freedom and citizenship for themselves and their loved ones.   Looking closely at three slave societies – Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana – Ariela and her co-author, Alejandro de la Fuente, demonstrate that the law of freedom, not slavery, established the meaning of blackness in law. In today’s conversation, Aaron and Ariela discuss how the laws of freedom were used to determine if it was possible to move from slave status to freedom, and whether or not claims to citizenship would be tied to racial identity. Ariela and Aaron map the history of law and cover a wide array of topics, including: 1690 Havana, white supremacy, claims of identity, Spanish legal practices, the origins of law, “free soil” arguments, and more.   What can this history teach us? And, how does it compare to today?   The John B. and Alice R. Sharp Professor of Law and History at USC, Dr. Gross received both her JD and PhD in History from Stanford. Ariela teaches Contracts, History of American Law, and Race and Gender in the law. Her research and writing focus on race and slavery in the United States. In 2017-18, Ariela was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, and an American Council of Learned Societies Collaborative Research Fellow. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Frederick J. Burkhardt Fellowship of the American Council of Learned Societies, and an NEH Huntington Library Long-Term Fellowship to support her research for her 2008 book, What Blood Won’t Tell: A History of Race on Trial in America. In 2010, Ariela was appointed a Distinguished Lecturer by the Organization of American Historians and has been part of the USC Gould faculty since 1996.          For more information on Professor Gross, please visit her bio page here. To check out Professor Gross’ new co-authored book, Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana, please click here.     Host: Aaron Freiwald Guests: Ariela Gross      Follow Good Law | Bad Law: YouTube: Good Law | Bad Law Facebook: @GOODLAWBADLAW Instagram: @GoodLawBadLaw Website: https://www.law-podcast.com

How do we think about race? How do we think about the history of racism in the law? Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by Professor Ariela Gross, of the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, to discuss the notion of race, racism, and the laws of freedom. Ariela is the co-author of a new book that explores today’s topic; Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana, tells the story of enslaved and free people of color who used the law to claim freedom and citizenship for themselves and their loved ones. Looking closely at three slave societies – Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana – Ariela and her co-author, Alejandro de la Fuente, demonstrate that the law of freedom, not slavery, established the meaning of blackness in law. In today’s conversation, Aaron and Ariela discuss how the laws of freedom were used to determine if it was possible to move from slave status to freedom, and whether or not claims to citizenship would be tied to racial identity. Ariela and Aaron map the history of law and cover a wide array of topics, including: 1690 Havana, white supremacy, claims of identity, Spanish legal practices, the origins of law, “free soil” arguments, and more. What can this history teach us? And, how does it compare to today? The John B. and Alice R. Sharp Professor of Law and History at USC, Dr. Gross received both her JD and PhD in History from Stanford. Ariela teaches Contracts, History of American Law, and Race and Gender in the law. Her research and writing focus on race and slavery in the United States. In 2017-18, Ariela was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, and an American Council of Learned Societies Collaborative Research Fellow. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Frederick J. Burkhardt Fellowship of the American Council of Learned Societies, and an NEH Huntington Library Long-Term Fellowship to support her research for her 2008 book, What Blood Won’t Tell: A History of Race on Trial in America. In 2010, Ariela was appointed a Distinguished Lecturer by the Organization of American Historians and has been part of the USC Gould faculty since 1996.  For more information on Professor Gross, please visit her bio page <a href="https://gould.usc.edu/faculty/?id=219" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. To check out Professor Gross’ new co-authored book, Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana, please click <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/becoming-free-becoming-black/F3A182A5E41BEEC8EF35072247980A42" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Host: Aaron Freiwald Guests: Ariela Gross  Follow Good Law | Bad Law: YouTube: Good Law | Bad Law Facebook: @GOODLAWBADLAW Instagram: @GoodLawBadLaw Website: <a href="https://www.law-podcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.law-podcast.com</a>

Good Law | Bad Law - Becoming Black:  A Conversation w/ Ariela Gross