The Social Significance of Slavery in the Austen Era

"Race and the Regency: Lord Mansfield and the Slave Ship Zhong"

A presentation hosted by Jane Austen & Co., a participating group with the Jane Austen Summer Program, by Professor Danielle Christmas (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). Prof. Christmas discuss the historical factors of race, slavery, and its relevance in the Regency-era England and its influence on the setting and storytelling of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park