FROM SLAVERY TO CITIZENSHIP: AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1848 TO 1896

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Beginning with the antebellum period and ending with the arrival of Jim Crow, this course focuses on emancipation as a moment of transition as one step in the long and difficult process of transforming the nation from half slave to fully free. We address several key themes from this period, including (1) the experience of African Americans as slaves and freedpeople; (2) the role of American law in defining slavery and shaping citizenship; and (3) the politics and economics of slavery, secession, the Civil War, and Reconstruction.