HST 3700 A Legacies of Slavery & Freedom
Since the publication of the 1619 Project in 2019, Americans have again grappled over how to remember the history of enslavement. This course will explore that history from a global perspective, beginning with the trans-Atlantic trade of Africans in the 1600s. We will learn about the long history of peoples of African pushing for freedom by exploring the "Age of Abolition" across the Atlantic World, or the regions of North America, the Caribbean, and Latin America, and particularly the Haitian Revolution. Beginning with voyages of captives across the Atlantic, we will discuss the tensions between colonial, state, federal, and national governments, enslavers, and enslaved and free peoples of African descent throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as different regions and countries abolished enslavement. We will also ask how the legacies of enslavement and emancipation still affect our world today. In a semester-long blogging project, students will explore these histories in a country or region of their choosing.
Course Types
Civilization; Advanced Studies; Elective in ARH Major; American Studies Elective; US History; US Minority History
Offered
Fall 2022