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HIST294

The Revolutionary Black Atlantic, 1770-1840

Subject code

HIST

Course Number

294

Department(s)

Instructor(s)

J. Hall

Course Long Title

The Revolutionary Black Atlantic, 1770-1840

Description

Between 1770 and 1837 Africans and African Americans reconfigured the economic and political relations of the Atlantic world. Drawing on long traditions of resistance to slavery as well as the power of their growing populations, Africans and African Americans turned revolts begun by and for white people into wars for Black liberation. This course examines how the U.S. War of Independence, the Haitian Revolution, and wars for Latin American independence are integrally connected to African and African American history. Students consider the ways Africans and African Americans achieved the goals that inspired their actions.

Writing Credit

No writing credit

Departmental Course Attributes - Major/Minor Requirements

(Africana: Diaspora), (Africana: Historical Persp.), (History: Early Modern), (History: United States)

INDS Program Relationship

IDAF - AFR Program

GEC This Course Belongs To

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