HIST 176 African-American History
Taught as schedule allows (consult the Course Directory)
PRE-1800
This course will study the history of Afro-Americans from their first encounter with Europeans in the 16th Century to their emancipation during the Civil War in the U.S. The course will concentrate on the variety of black responses to capture, enslavement, and forced acculturation in the New World. The difference in the slave experience of various New World countries, and the methods of black resistance and rebellion of its slave system will be investigated. The nature and role of the free black communities in antebellum America will also be studied.
Course Syllabus (PDF)
