Presented By: William L. Clements Library
Founder's Day Lecture, "Crossing the Gulf: Cuba, Louisiana, and the Diaspora of Saint-Domingue/Haiti"
Rebecca Scott, Charles Gibson Distinguished University Professor of History and Professor of Law
Despite its famous storms, the Gulf of Mexico has often served as a pathway for the exchange of people and ideas among the colonies and nations on its shores, including the idea that persons could not be held as property, and that all persons are entitled to the protection of the law. Rebecca Scott, co-author with Jean Hébrard of Freedom Papers: An Atlantic Odyssey in the Age of Emancipation, will explore the itinerary of one woman – Adélaïde Métayer/Durand – whose journey in the aftermath of the Haitian Revolution illuminates the thin line between slavery and freedom. As she moved from one jurisdiction to another, Adélaïde’s status crossed and re-crossed that thin line, amidst great dangers for the children whose status was contingent upon hers.
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