Slavery, War and Piracy in the Early Caribbean

3 credits · Undergraduate

The Caribbean was a world of rapid riches, constant brutality and death and it was the central interest of European powers as they expanded to the Americas. This course will explore the politics, economies, societies, and cultures on the islands within the Caribbean Sea and the mainland territories bordering on it during the early modern era. It will conclude by examining how this world was changed by the dismantling of the slave system and the age of revolutions. The course will demonstrate exactly why this region became the most important, economically, within the Americas and why European powers were so intent on defending it. FORMATS: Lecture | Seminar