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History 4315F/G
AMERICAN SLAVERY, GLOBAL CONTEXT: PROFIT, IDENTITY, AND POWER IN THE MODERN ERA
Students will examine the history and legacies of American slavery by reading awardwinning texts. About half of these readings will recount how slavery emerged and developed in North America, where it was shaped by European, African, and Indigenous societies; other texts will frame slavery in comparative, international, and transnational perspectives.
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.