| Course Title: African American History, Precolonial to Emancipation |
| Start Date: 10/21/2020 End Date: 12/14/2020 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2020 |
| 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 |
| 10/21/2020 - 12/14/2020 | Flex. Immersive Lecture | Monday | 02:30PM - 03:45PM | TBA | TBA | Weekly |
| 10/21/2020 - 12/14/2020 | Flex. Immersive Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 02:15PM - 04:00PM | Weekly | ||
| 10/21/2020 - 12/14/2020 | Flex. Immersive Lecture | Wednesday and Friday | 03:00PM - 04:00PM | 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. |
| MOD0002 | MOD-2: Courses meeting in Module 2 | This course meets in Module 2. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| HIST-281-01 African Amer. History to 1865 |
| AFCNA-241HS-01 African Amer. History to 1865 |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 16 | Available: 2 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: African American Odyssey Author: Hine, Darlene Clark Copyright: Edition: Volume: 1 ISBN: 0136150136 Publisher: 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: 2019 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780393614565 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co. |
Required | 21.25 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: Availability of African American Odyssey is widespread; the cheapest I have found so far is on VitalSource, Volume 1, 7th edition, etext, 24.99. You can purchase an earlier edition as well, which you will find to be cheaper, but try not to go farther back than the 4th edition. All the other books are available as ebooks, so no need to purchase unless you prefer to do so. |