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Academic Year 2002/2003

Early African American History, 1619-1865
AFAM 203 SP
Crosslistings:
HIST 241
AMST 237

This course will examine the history of Blacks in the United States beginning with the Middle Passage and ending with the abolition of slavery in Brazil in 1888. The course will demonstrate that from the very origins of the colony/nation, Blacks in the U.S. have been forced to challenge the dominant interpretation of the social reality, doing so in a way that transformed the very nature of the society. Thus, rather than constituting a "minority," the course will illustrate that Blacks have remained a central element in the formation of the societies in the Americas.

MAJOR READINGS

Colin A. Palmer, PASSAGEWAYS (1997)
Steven Mintz, ed., AFRICAN AMERICAN VOICES (1993)
David Northrup, ed., ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE (1994)
Philip D. Morgan, SLAVE COUNTERPOINT (1998)
Gwendolyn Hall, AFRICANS IN COLONIAL LOUISIANA (1992)
J.O. and L.E. Horton, IN HOPE OF LIBERTY (1997)
Sylvia Frey, WATER FROM THE ROCK (1990)
Virginia Ex-Slaves, ed by Charles Perdue, WEEVILS IN WHEAT (1976)
Ira Berlin, et al., eds., FREEDOM'S SOLDIERS (1998)

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

One documentary analysis (33% of your grade); one essay (33%); and a final document/essay mix (34%).

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

You are expected to attend two weekly lectures, to read documents/chapters, and to regularly participate in discussions.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003

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