HIST 3693 - Race and Ethnicity in America: Precolonial to Civil War

3 credits

[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course immerses the student in one of the in severable components of American history race. Beginning with an assessment of the pre-colonial attitudes toward racial identity of the Europeans, the Indigenous Amerindians, and various African peoples, it then follows the evolving construction of new world models of race-based slavery. It concludes with an overview of the social, economic, and political implications of the mature institution of race slavery, its effects on both White and African communities and identities. The course culminates with a study of the racial components of the abolition movement and the Civil War.

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