Amazing Grace: How Writers Helped End American Slavery

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Through readings, discussion, and a series of short writing assignments, we will discover the antislavery writers and reformers of the 17th, 18th. and 19th centuries whose passionate words formed the vanguard of a global movement. We will explore the poetry, fiction, sermons, slave narratives, and songs that helped to end American slavery and make human rights an expectation of people throughout the world.