Thinking Historically About the Codification of Race in Early America with Dr. Katharine Gerbner

In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Katharine Gerbner, Associate Professor of History at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Gerbner helps us think historically about the codification of race in early America. Dr. Gerbner discusses the legal, cultural, and religious contexts that cemented race as a tool to divide people and integrate into the institution of slavery in the 17th and 18th centuries. Her book, Christian Slavery, explores much of what is discussed her in greater depth.

This episode is part of Thinking Nation's curriculum series, "Thinking Historically About." In each episode, a scholar helps us better understand the driving questions that students are engaging with in our curriculum.