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An introductory social history survey of African-American
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experience in global perspective. This course will cover
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developments from the beginnings of the trans-Atlantic
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slave trade through the present. Topics include: West
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African cultures; origins of the international slave trade;
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African American life in the colonies and during the
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Revolution; development of slavery in global comparative
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perspective; resistance to slavery; and the role of African
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Americans in the Civil War and Reconstruction eras; Jim
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Crow culture; African American culture; migration; black
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nationalism and independent Africa; the freedom movements
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of the North and South; and African American popular
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culture. This course fulfills the general education
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requirement in historical studies.
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