Mar 28, 2024  
2021-2022 Cal State East Bay Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Cal State East Bay Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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HIST 372 - Slavery and Freedom in the Atlantic World


Units: 3
Old-world slavery, origins and impact of African slave trade, mercantilism, slave codes, other unfree labor; indigenous freedom, religious and political liberty, rights and equality, free labor, democratic movements; interracial relations, religious critiques, African resisters, Quaker antislavery, freedom vs. unfreedom, abolitionism.

Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Entirely Online.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
 

  1. know basic analytic concepts for interpreting historical evidence relating to the subjects of slavery and freedom in the Atlantic world;
  2. demonstrate significant knowledge of major events and trends in the history of slavery and freedom in the Atlantic world;
  3. write and speak clearly and persuasively about events and trends in the history of slavery and freedom, and work collaboratively with others in solving problems relating to the historically symbiotic relationship between slavery and freedom;
  4. provide original interpretation of assigned sources, and accurately reference all sources in coursework;
  5. comprehend how differences and similarities among diverse peoples and cultures over time shaped the history of slavery and freedom in the Atlantic world;
  6. WITH 1-unit LAB ONLY: conduct historical research in primary sources and collaboratively produce an historical narrative.




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