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B.S. in Actuarial Science

Otterbein University Course Catalogs

2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

HIST 3355 - Slavery and Slave Trades in African History

Hours: 4
This course will examine slavery and slave trades in African history, with a focus on changing relationships between global trade and local systems of social belonging. The course will first examine slavery and slave trades in early African history, including trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean commercial systems. Next, the course will explore the trans-Atlantic slave trade and related transformations in African slavery. Finally, the course will study 19th-century transformations in labor, migration, and social belonging that reflect histories of enslavement, including: West African Jihads, emerging ideas of diaspora, and the beginnings of European imperialism. The course will analyze primary sources on enslavement and slavery, key theoretical texts on slavery and freedom, and recent scholarly work on local histories of slavery.