African American History, 1444-1877
AFAM 203
Fall 2017
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 213 |
| Course Cluster: Caribbean Studies Minor |
In 1619 Dutch traders arrived in Jamestown, Virginia with 19 captured Africans, the first slaves in what became the United States. By 1860, the eve of the Civil War, one in eight Americans was an enslaved person of African descent. This course introduces students to the first two and a half centuries of African American history, from the beginning of North American slavery to slavery's destruction and the resulting battles over African American freedom. We will explore how people of African descent have experienced and responded to slavery, colonialism, and cultural constructions of race, as well as analyzing African American-led struggles over freedom and citizenship in the context of the American Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, and the Civil War. Through a comparative framework, we will also consider the U.S. within international, even global, histories of race, slavery, and freedom. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AFAM |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (AFAM-MN)(AFAM)(AFST-MN)(AMST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Ira Berlin, Generations of Captivity: A History of African-American Slaves
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., ed., The Classic Slave Narratives
Robin D.G. Kelley and Earl Lewis, To Make Our World Anew: A History of African Americans to 1880
Herbert S. Klein and Ben Vinson, African Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean
Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave
Additional selected primary and secondary sources
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Examinations and Assignments:
Short essays, in-class writing exercises, and one 8-10 page final essay |
| Instructor(s): Nasta,Jesse Times: ...W.F. 10:50AM-12:10PM; Location: SCIE137; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 35 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 16 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 10 | FR: 10 |
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