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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
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AAS 3440 - American Slavery



Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): ENG 1009 or ENG 1010 or equivalent with a grade of D or better, and any course with HIS prefix or that is crosslisted with HIS prefix, or permission of instructor.

Description: Students in this class explore the origins of slavery in the early modern Atlantic world and trace its history until the age of emancipation. Although the primary focus is on African slavery in British North America and the United States, the course integrates the Atlantic and imperial contexts and includes comparative units on slavery in other empires, as well as enslavement of Native Americans. Students analyze the political and economic consequences of slavery, and they examine the slave cultures themselves, including religion, resistance, and family life.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: AAS or HIS.

University Requirement(s): Ethnic Studies & Social Justice

Cross Listed Course(s): HIS 3440



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