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HIST 105 - Slavery/Freedom in America*SSC

Credits: 3

Using the history and legacy of slavery as a central theme, this course surveys the American paradox of slavery and freedom, examining the institution of slavery in America along with the creation of the world’s leading democracy. Analyzing the experiences and perspectives of slaves, slaveholders, free people, pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces, civil rights activists and opponents, this course concentrates on the historic struggle against slavery and subsequent systems of discrimination, core aspects of the human quest for freedom, evolving definitions of slavery and freedom, and conflicts over the meaning of freedom in American history.

General Education Core: Social Sciences
Course Attributes: COMM,CRIT,DPD,SSC


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