HSTCMP 259 A: Race and Slavery Across the Americas

Autumn 2020
Meeting:
TTh 3:30pm - 5:20pm
SLN:
16288
Section Type:
Lecture
WRITING CREDIT OPTIONAL. AUDITORS NOT PERMITTED IN THIS CLASS. OFFERED VIA REMOTE LEARNING
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:
August 16, 2026 - 10:53 am