point that i will make that stitches so much of this together, when we think about the story of margaret garnerlot about the time that we are in. she escaped from slavery, kentucky, a place that is an active antiabortion legislation, and she did it in the middle of the night and the thick of winter and she crossed a river by foot. they had mules with them, and with her children, she began trying to kill her children when she heard the hounds and dogs coming with her and the air. she began trying to fill the man herself. she was later charged with murder, and the question around the world it was debated all around the world, was she human? if she was human, she could stand trial for murder. if she was just property, then she could be returned to slavery. the result after asking that question was that she is just property. the systems could continue because if margaret -- were deemed a human being, that would mean black women would be free and free of this subordination. >> this is why i love talking to professors. professor michelle goodwin, thank you so much for helping us understand american h