Enslavement and Emancipation: African-Americans in the US South to 1900

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course examines slavery as a system of racial subordination and economic exploitation. Attention is given to the social, familial, and cultural life of the slaves, the role of slavery in shaping southern nationalism and national racial beliefs, and to reconstruction after the Civil War. RECOMMENDED: HIST 2332.03 PREREQUISITES: One 2000-level United States history course FORMATS: Seminar