U.S. Slavery and Emancipation

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The history of peoples of African descent in the United States has primarily been a chronicle of strivings for liberation, justice, and equality. Much of this story represents Black people's desires to retain their racial identity and autonomy, to build community, and create a sense of nationalism, while simultaneously asserting their right to be treated as equal American citizens. This course examines the lives, labors, and culture of Africans during enslavement and their fight for emancipation. During this exploration, students will gain insight into the conditions of life for people of African descent living in early America while also being introduced to the myriad ways in which African Americans have continually pushed for freedom. This course will discuss a variety of themes in African American history including slavery and freedom, politics, resistance, gender, culture, identity, economy, etc. Offered as AFST 260 , ETHS 260 and HSTY 260 . Counts as a CAS Global & Cultural Diversity course. Counts as a Human Diversity & Commonality course. Counts as a Understanding Global Perspectives course.