Early African American History, 1619-1865
AFAM 203
Fall 2005
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01
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| Crosslisting:
HIST 241, AMST 237 |
This course will examine the history of the Blacks in the New World from the fifteenth to the late nineteenth century. Beginning with the expansion of Europeans into then newly discovered lands in Africa and the Americas, this class explores the Middle Passage, the history of slavery and emancipation in a hemispheric context, as well as the ideology of race during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The course adopts a disaporic perspective in order to demonstrate the world-systemic nature of the history of Blacks in the Americas, and therefore it aims to show that rather than constituting a "minority," Blacks represent one of the founding civilizations (along with Western Europeans and the Indigenous populations) to the cultural matrix defining of the Americas. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AFAM |
| Course Format: Lecture | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AFAM-MN)(AFAM)(AFST-MN)(AMST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Chinua Achebe, THINGS FALL APART
Ottobah Cugano, THOUGHTS AND SENTIMENTS ON THE EVIL OF SLAVERY
John Hope Franklin, RECONSTRUCTION AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
Nathan Huggins, BLACK ODYSSEY: THE AFRO-AMERICAN ORDEAL IN SLAVERY
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Examinations and Assignments:
A mid-term exam, a final exam, and two papers. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Students are expected to attend two weekly lectures, to read documents/chapters, and to regularly participate in discussions. |
| Instructor(s): Eudell,Demetrius L. Times: ..T.R.. 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC002; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 50 | | SR major: 2 | JR major: 3 | | |
| Seats Available: 2 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 20 | FR: 20 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 2 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 2 |
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