| Course Title: African American History, Precolonial to Emancipation |
| Start Date: 09/04/2019 End Date: 12/17/2019 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2019 |
| Description: This course will examine the cultural, social, political, and economic history of African Americans through the Civil War. Topics covered include the African background to the African American experience, the Atlantic slave trade, introduction and development of slavery, master-slave relationships, the establishment of black communities, slave revolts, the political economy of slavery, women in slavery, the experiences of free blacks, the crisis of the nineteenth century, and the effect of the Civil War. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Lynda Morgan | 413-538-2453 | ljmorgan@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/04/2019 - 12/17/2019 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 02:55PM - 04:10PM | SKNR - Skinner Hall | 210 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Meets History department's pre-1750 requirement. |
| Course Tags | ||
| AFCNA0001 | AFCNA: Africana Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the Africana Studies major and/or minor. |
| AFCNA0001 | AFCNA: Africana Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Africana Studies major and/or minor. |
| AFRAM0002 | AFRAM: African American concentration | This course has been approved to count towards the concentration in African American Studies within the African & African-American Studies major and minor. |
| NXHMA0001 | NXHMA: Nexus in Public History, Archives, and Museums | This course is approved for the Public History, Archives, and Museums Nexus track. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| HIST-281-01 African Amer. History to 1865 |
| AFCNA-241HS-01 African Amer. History to 1865 |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 18 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: African American Mosaic Author: Bracey, John Copyright: 2004 Edition: Volume: 1 ISBN: 0130922870 Publisher: Pearson/Prentice Hall |
Required | 20.00 |
| Title: Generations of Captivity Author: Berlin, Ira Copyright: 2003 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: New School |
Required | 21.00 |
| Title: Gabriel's Rebellion Author: Egerton, Douglas Copyright: 1993 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Chapel Hill |
Required | 28.00 |
| Title: My Bondage and My Freedom Author: Douglass, Frederick Copyright: 1855 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Dover |
Required | 15.00 |
| Title: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Author: Jacobs, Harriet Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 1406510017 Publisher: |
Required | 15.65 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at Odyssey Bookshop |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: The text book, Hine, ed., African American Odyssey, vol. 1, is only available as an ebook from Pearsons publishing. Click on the student link. You will likely find used copies of the other books if you prefer to search for them. |