HSTCMP 259 A: Race and Slavery Across the Americas

Autumn 2019
Meeting:
TTh 3:00pm - 4:50pm / MLR 301
SLN:
16175
Section Type:
Lecture
WRITING CREDIT OPTIONAL.
Catalog Description:
Surveys development of racial slavery across North and South America and the Caribbean from 1500-1880s. Comparative examination of slavery exploring how slavery supported colonization making European settlement across Americas viable; how ideas about racial difference developed, operated differently; how enslaved peoples' resistance to bondage helped abolish slavery in Americas by late 1880s.
GE Requirements Met:
Diversity (DIV)
Social Sciences (SSc)
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
October 9, 2025 - 9:23 pm