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HIST.3450 Slavery and Abolition (Formerly 43.345)

Id: 005293 Credits Min: 3 Credits Max: 3

Description

This course takes a comparative approach to the study of plantation slavery in the Americas with special attention to developments in Virginia and Cuba. It surveys the structure of slavery in the nineteenth century United States South; slavery's legacy in the United States; and its twenty-first century reincarnation in human trafficking and forced labor around the world.

Prerequisites

Requisite: Sophomore level or higher.

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