HIS 166 Survey Black Atlantic (AFR)

This course examines the development of slavery in the United States in comparison with the slavery systems in the Atlantic World. How did enslaved people resist their captivity and how did their work influence the development of the United States and the larger Atlantic world? We will also look at the role of slavery in the revolutions that spread across the Atlantic World from the mid-18th to the mid-19th century, a period some have called the "Age of Revolutions." The primary focus is exploring the "successful" revolutions of the era: the American Revolution for independence from British rule, The French Revolution, The Mexican Revolution, and The revolution in Saint-Domingue (the Haitian Revolution) that overthrew both French and white planter rule. Through discussion of these revolutions, we will investigate ideas of freedom, unfreedom, and slavery. Colonial and anti-colonial relationships, and the transformation and transmission of ideas.

Credits

1 Course Credit

Cross Listed Courses

AFR 166