Course Description

01:512:262 African-American History to 1877 (3)

  • Academic Credits: 3
  • Mode of Instruction: Lecture

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African-American history from origins in Atlantic Africa to the end of the Civil War. Focal points include the Atlantic African background, the Atlantic slave trade, Antebellum slavery, slave culture, and the Civil War. Explores forces which have converged to create African-American peoples and shape their lives, communities, and cultures in early North America.  pdf Summer 2022 (4.23 MB)