God on Underground Railroad

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Course explores the role of faith in the antebellum movement of slaves toward freedom along what came to be known as the Underground Railroad. The spiritual journey of numerous slaves, slaveholders, and so-called friends of the fugitive (both white and black agents of the Underground Railroad) will be traced in order to illustrate the role that God played in this quest for justice. Prerequisites: Undergraduate level THEO111 Minimum grade of D or Undergraduate level CORE105 Minimum grade of D Course Attributes: Africana Studies Minor, ERS Focus Elective, Peace & Justice Studies Minor, Theology Persp / Explorations College of Arts & Sciences Theology