AFRICANA STUDIES 236c - d-ESD.The History of African Americans,1619-1865

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Bowdoin College

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Spring 2008. PATRICK RAEL. Examines the history of African Americans from the origins of slavery in America through the death of slavery during the Civil War. Explores a wide range of topics, including the Old World contexts for slavery in North America, the Atlantic slave trade, the emergence of plantation society, control and resistance on the plantation, the culture and family structure of enslaved African Americans, free black communities, and ending with the coming of the Civil War and the death of slavery. Sources include important slave narratives and several films. (Same as History 236.)

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bowdoin.edu/

Phone Number:

(207) 725-3000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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