17th-19th Century British Atlantic

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Study of the British Empire in the 17th-19th century Atlantic World. Topics will include the Enlightenment; mercantilism and free-trade economics; migration, including the American Revolution Loyalist diaspora; the rise and fall of privateering, the Sugar Interest, and the Atlantic slave trade; slavery abolition and post-emancipation society in the West Indies; and Canadian confederation and home rule. May be taught concurrently with HST 614. Cannot receive credit for both HST 514 and HST 614. Prerequisite: 50 hours.