Semester Hours:3Periodically
Topics include the African origins of slavery, diasporic culture in colonial North America and the Caribbean, emancipation, and the Civil War. Emphasis is given to the slave trade, the emergence of black society and culture in the region, and the role of African Americans in Abolitionism and the Civil War.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Credit given for this course or AFST 115, not both. (Formerly The Afro-American in American History, 1619-1865.)