AFRA 362 - Maroons and Marronage in the Atlantic World

Institution:

University of Delaware

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Description:

This course examines the hemispheric history of maroons and marronage in slaveholding Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States. Maroons and their communities, or communities of those some would call "runaway slaves," were an ever-present feature of slaveholding societies throughout the Americas. Everywhere they existed, from Brazil to Jamaica, from Virginia to Suriname, or from Mexico to Haiti, they proved the indomitable spirit of African people and their descendants, and the great failures of the institution of slavery. Throughout the course, we will look closely at the demographic, economic, and geographic opportunities for enslaved mobility and resistance that shaped the formation of the Atlantic world. The central focus will be an analysis of the historical impact of marronage across the Americas from 1502 to 1865.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.udel.edu/

Phone Number:

(302) 831-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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