HIST 3355 - Slavery and Slave Trades in African History

Hours: 3
Examining slavery and slave trades in African history, with a focus on changing relationships between global trade and local systems of social belonging. Slavery and slave trades in early African history, including trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean commercial systems. Exploring the trans-Atlantic slave trade and related transformations in African slavery, and 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. Analyzing primary sources on enslavement and slavery, key theoretical texts on slavery and freedom, and recent scholarly work on local histories of slavery.

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HIST 3355 - Slavery and Slave Trades in African History