HIST-UA 647 - African American History to 1865

Institution:

New York University

Subject:

Description:

Survey of the experience of people of African descent in the United States to 1865, emphasizing living conditions, attitudes and theories about race, culture, and the emergence of African American identities using a chronological and topical approach. Includes topics such as African ways of life, initial contact between Africans and Europeans, the Atlantic slave trade, slavery and indentured servitude in colonial North America, restrictions on black mobility in a slave society, the domestic slave trade, abolitionism, slave resistance, free blacks, gender, and the impact of slavery on national politics during the antebellum period.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.nyu.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 998-1212

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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