2017-2018 Georgia Gwinnett Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 Georgia Gwinnett Catalog [ARCHIVED COPY]

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HIST 4575 - The Atlantic Slave Trade

(3) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 1102  and the History requirement in Area “E.”
This course traces the development of the Atlantic slave trade from its fifteenth-century infancy to its abolition in the nineteenth century. Among the topics to be covered: the African cultural context and understanding of slavery; the mechanics of the slave trade; the demographics of the slave trade; the experience of the slave trade for the enslaved and for slavers; comparative European slavery systems; the evolution of western racial thought; the transformative impact of Atlantic slavery on Africa, the Americas and Europe; and the emergence of an international abolitionist movement.



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