HIST 412 Slavery in the Atlantic World

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This course considers the various manifestations of slavery in the Western hemisphere during the 17th, 18th, and 19th century. Focuses on the nature of slavery, forms of resistance, cultural exchange, and the process of emancipation. May be taken to fulfill program requirements for the history track, including the capstone thesis requirement. Students taking this course for the capstone must be a junior or senior, must have completed at least two upper level courses in history, and must inform the instructor of their decision at the beginning of the course.