AFRA 446 - On the Run: Slavery and Fugitivity in Delaware

Institution:

University of Delaware

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Description:

This seminar course examines the histories of enslaved flight, truancy, resistance, and refusal in the First State. While this course does center slavery and fugitive movement in and through Delaware, we will also necessarily examine the interconnected histories of Delaware's neighboring states - Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania - in an effort to best understand enslaved life in Delaware and the larger mid-Atlantic world of the Upper South. We will assess a wide range of historical sources including periodicals, state mandates, runaway slave advertisements, and slave narratives, in addition to assigned secondary literature. PREREQ: AFRA 304 or HIST 268.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Discus/recit

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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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