| Course Title: African American History, Precolonial to Emancipation |
| Start Date: 01/24/2022 End Date: 05/09/2022 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2022 |
| 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 |
| David Swiderski | dswiderski@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/24/2022 - 05/09/2022 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 11:30AM - 12:45PM | SKNR - Skinner Hall | 216 | 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: 28 | Enrollment: 28 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Hard Road to Freedom: The Story of Black America, Volume 1 to 1896 Author: Horton, Lois E. and James Oliver Copyright: 2021 Edition: Volume: 1 ISBN: 9780197564806 Publisher: Oxford University Press |
Required | 49.95 |
| Title: African American Mosaic: A Documentary History from the Slave Trade to the Author: Bracey, John H. Copyright: 2004 Edition: Volume: 1 ISBN: 9780130922878 Publisher: Pearson |
Required | 15.00 |
| Title: Ar'n't I a Woman?: Female Slaves in the Plantation South Author: White, Deborah Gray Copyright: 1999 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780393314816 Publisher: W.W. Norton |
Required | 12.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at The internet |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: There is an earlier, less expensive, edition (2002) of Hard Road to Freedom, Volume 1 published by Rutgers University Press that can be found online. African American Mosaic, Volume 1 is available for rent from Amazon, or for sale used. New copies are astronomically expensive and unnecessary. |