| Call Number | 13524 |
|---|---|
| Day & Time Location |
W 4:10pm-6:00pm 302 Fayerweather |
| Points | 4 |
| Grading Mode | Standard |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructor | Amy E Chazkel |
| Type | SEMINAR |
| Method of Instruction | In-Person |
| Course Description | Although African slavery in the Americas is most often associated with rural life and agricultural production, cities were crucial sites in the history of slavery. This undergraduate seminar explores the intertwined histories of urbanization and slavery in the Atlantic world from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. Readings and discussions will touch on slavery’s impact on such European centers as Nantes, Liverpool, London, and Seville and on African cities but will concentrate on the “New World,” eventually coming to focus on the places where slavery lasted long enough to intersect with the beginnings of urban modernity and industrialization: Cuba and especially Brazil. We will end the semester reading and reflecting on the lasting legacies of African slavery in the cities of the Atlantic world after abolition, considering both slavery’s memorialization on and erasure from the urban landscape. |
| Web Site | Vergil |
| Department | History |
| Enrollment | 17 students (17 max) as of 1:05PM Wednesday, December 4, 2024 |
| Status | Full |
| Subject | History |
| Number | UN3009 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | Interfaculty |
| Note | Add to waitlist & see instructions on SSOL |
| Section key | 20243HIST3009W001 |