AFRO 378

Fall 2019 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 26-Dec 11

Race and Revolutions

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Credit: 3 hours.

Focus on the relationship between race and slavery during the revolutions in American and Haiti, respectively. We will seek to understand how the themes of slavery, revolution and race affected blacks, whites and indigenous Americans. We will learn about life during the Revolutionary era by reading the biographies, political pamphlets and personal letters of former slaves, Revolutionaries and everyday men and women as well as historical scholarship.

Same as HIST 389. Prerequisite: One African American Studies or History course at either the 100- or 200-level or the consent of instructor.

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AFRO 378 class schedule data for fall 2019
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	71544	Lecture-Discussion	A	12:00PM -1:20PM	MW	Gregory Hall	Hogarth, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Section Info: Description: This course examines race in the “Age of Revolution,” a time period that roughly covers the mid eighteenth century up to the early nineteenth century. It focuses on the American Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, and slave rebellions in and across North America and the Caribbean. It pays special attention to the experiences of Africans and their descendants during these times of political and social upheaval. Using both primary and secondary sources, students will explore the cultural, spiritual, social, and structural dimensions of these conflicts. Questions we seek to answer in this course include: how revolutionary was each revolution in terms opening up rights and freedoms and shifting power to racially marginalized groups? What made a revolution “successful”? Along with in-class discussions, this course includes a two short in-class exams and written assignments based on primary source analysis.