HIS 260 Africans in Transatlantic Wrld

In this course, students analyze the social, economic, political, and cultural impact of African migration by interpreting primary documents and scholarly publications in their written work and in classroom discussion. Students will acquire knowledge of the rise of the mercantile Atlantic economy and industrial capitalism, the development of racial ideology, the impact of global religions on the expansion of slavery, the rise of abolitionism, and the embedded contradictions between the European profession of natural rights and Christian ideals and the practice of chattel slavery. Students will demonstrate a geographic knowledge of the African diaspora and the ability to analyze historical sources from diverse points of view (in exams that assess historical content and in thesis-drive evidence-based historical arguments). Fulfills diversity requirement. Fall, Spring (L03)