Episode Nine: Amerindians and the Law, Part I

07/26/20 • 25 min

In episode nine we will explore the fascinating but often neglected topic of the influence of Amerindians on the law. We will discuss why the English gained supremacy along the North American coast at the expense of other European powers; how "virgin soil epidemics" devastated indigenous peoples throughout the New World; the starkly different world views concerning the possession of land and concepts of ownership; the Amerindian method of dispute resolution and finally the sad legacy of early military conflicts between the new comers and native peoples.

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Episode Eight: Law in Early Colonial America, Part II

In episode eight we will continue our examination of the law in early Colonial America. First, we will examine the trial and banishment from the Massachusetts Bay Colony of Anne Hutchinson in 1637. Next, we will discuss one of the strangest episodes in American legal history, the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Last, we will take on the codification of law in the 17th century, with a particular emphasis on the 1648 Laws and Liberties of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

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Episode Ten: Amerindians and the Law, Part II

In episode ten we will discuss the deadliest war in American history as a proportion to population, King Phillips War. Native American legal culture in the south; the importance of the Amerindian Confederacies in the 17th and 18th centuries. The different perspectives of the Crown and the colonies toward Native peoples. The Marshall trilogy and Indian removal.