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DESCRIPTION:The LLDRL speaker series and 91ºÚÁÏÍø Seminar on Slavery and the 
 Law present an Author-meets-Readers session with Professor Afua Cooper.\n
 \nPlease note that this conference takes place inside Professor Adelle Bla
 ckett's Slavery and the Law course (LAWG 517).\n\nIn her book The Hanging 
 of Angélique\, Professor Afua Cooper tell the astonishing story of Marie-J
 oseph Angélique\, a slave woman convicted of starting a fire that destroye
 d a large part of Montréal in April 1734 and condemned to die a brutal dea
 th. In a powerful retelling of Angélique’s story\, Cooper builds on 15 yea
 rs of research to shed new light on a rebellious Portuguese-born black wom
 an who refused to accept her indentured servitude. At the same time\, Coop
 er completely demolishes the myth of a benign\, slave-free Canada\, reveal
 ing a damning 200-year-old record of legally and culturally endorsed slave
 ry.\n\nAbout the author\n\nA scholar\, historian\, poet\, and social and c
 ultural commentator\, Dr. Afua Cooper holds a Ph.D. in Black Canadian Stud
 ies and the African Diaspora from the University of Toronto. She is Associ
 ate Professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Da
 lhousie University\, and she holds the James Robinson Johnston Chair in Bl
 ack Canadian Studies. Afua Cooper’s expertise in and contributions to the 
 arts\, history\, and education were recognized when she was presented with
  the Nova Scotia Human Rights Award from the Nova Scotia Human Rights Comm
 ission in 2015. Dr. Cooper also founded the Black Canadian Studies Associa
 tion (BCSA)\, which she currently chairs.\n\nProfessor Cooper’s visit is s
 ponsored by the Labour Law and Development Research Laboratory.\n
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LOCATION:Stephen Scott Seminar Room (OCDH 16)\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, 
 QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 3644 rue Peel
SUMMARY:Afua Cooper: The Hanging of Angélique - The Untold Story of Canadia
 n Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal
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