- Royce Fellowship
Stephen
Brown
Concentration
History
Award Year
2004
Civil Liberties in the Nineteenth Century Atlantic: The Negro Seaman Acts
Faculty Sponsor: Michael Vorenberg
To gain a better understanding of the historical development of international civil liberties, Stephen examined the implications of the Negro Seaman Acts. Southern legislatures passed these laws during the early nineteenth century intending to protect slavery but instead fostered increased debate about the legitimacy of that very institution and the rights of human beings.