HIS202

Slavery and sugar: One brutal, the other (literally) sweet, together they transformed the Atlantic world-Europe, Africa, the Americas (including the eventual United States)-creating simultaneously unimaginable misery for enslaved people and unimaginable wealth for the planters and merchants who profited from their labor. This course explores the emergence, operation, and ultimate demise of the world-altering trans-Atlantic slave system. The history involved is at once political, social, cultural, economic, legal, and environmental, and encompasses human cruelty, suffering, resilience, resistance, courage, and compassion. Readings include primary and secondary sources. This course counts toward the African/African Diaspora Studies minor. GLAFC, Fall even years.

Global Affairs & Cultures (GLAFC)

Even Years