AFRCNA 0629 - Afro-American History 1

Institution:

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

Subject:

Africana Studies

Description:

This is a general survey of the black experience form Africa to the Civil War. Topics include the following: West African society and culture before the Atlantic Slave Trade; Afro-American culture in the New World; the black family under slavery; rural and urban slavery; free blacks in the North and South; the anti-slavery movement. A typed paper, 2-5 pages in length will be due each week, summarizing the week’s assigned readings. Papers with problems of grammar or style must be revised and resubmitted. All papers must be typed. There will be a mid-term and final exam. The weekly essays, the mid-term and final exams, and class attendance each count one-fourth of the course grade.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pitt.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 624-4141

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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