African-American History to 1865 (HIST-UA 647)

Survey of the experience of African Americans to 1865, emphasizing living conditions, treatment, images, attitudes, important figures and events, and culture using a chronological and topical approach. Topics include African way of life, initial contact between Africans and Europeans, slave trade, early slavery, freedom and control in slave society, abolitionism, slave resistance, free blacks, and gender.

History (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2020)


HIST-UA 647-000 (19675)
09/02/2020 – 12/13/2020 Mon,Fri
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Mitchell, Michele · Royster, Briana