African-American History: 1500 - 1870s  (Cultural Literacy course)

Catalog description

This course surveys African-American history from 1500 to the 1870s. Central themes are the integral role African-Americans have played throughout American history and the impact of African-American history upon the present-day United States. Major topics will include West African civilizations and empires, the Atlantic Slave Trade, European and American justifications for slavery, slavery in Colonial America, African-Americans in the American Revolution, Anti-slavery freedom fighters and slave rebellions, Abolitionism and anti-slavery organizations, The Civil War, and Reconstruction.