HIST 207: The History of the Americas
Fall Term, 2005
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Announcements:
Office Hours: Dr. Kraay will be holding hours this Friday
(December 9) from 3:00-4:00 p.m., and his earlier hours are
cancelled.
During exam period, all regular hours are cancelled. Hours will
be as follows:
Monday, December 12, 12:00-2:00, Dr. Spangler, SS 602
Tuesday, December 13, 1:00-3:00, Dr. Kraay, SS 624
Final
Exam Study Guide
Timeline
of Key Events in Unit 4
Citation Guide for the Second Essay,
due 23 November.
Midterm
Exam Grade Breakdown
Handouts:
Course
Outline
Electronic Readings:
Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua, Biography
of Mahommah G. Baquaqua, a Native of
Zoogoo, in the Interior of Africa (Detroit: Geo. E. Pomeroy
& Co., 1854), pp. 1-51, available at http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/baquaqua/baquaqua.html.
Lecture Outlines:
Unit One:
12 Sep: Introduction and Course Organization
14 Sep:
What is Slavery?
16
Jan: Slavery in Africa
19 Sep:
An Atlantic World: Overview
21
Sep: Why Slavery in the Americas?
23
Sep: Why Slavery in the United States?
26
Sep: The Course of the Slave Trade
28
Sep: The Impact of Slavery on Africa
30
Sep: The Slave Trade in Perspective
Unit Two: Labor Regimes
3 Oct:
Sugar Plantations
5
Oct: Rice and the Slaves’ Economy
Short Essay on Unit I Due
7
Oct: Mining and Coffee
10 Oct: Thanksgiving: No Class Meeting
12
Oct: Cotton Culture and Slave Control
14 Oct:
Slavery on Small Holdings
17 Oct:
Slavery in the Big House
19
Oct: Urban Slavery
21 Oct: Midterm Exam
Unit Three: Slave Life and
Culture
24
Oct: Demography of Slavery
26
Oct: Demography of Slavery, Pt. 2: Brazil
28
Oct: Material Conditions of Slavery
31
Oct: Slave Families in the U.S.
2
Nov: Slave Families in Brazil
4
Nov: Slave Culture and Religion in Brazil (Part 1)
7
Nov: Slave Culture and Religion in
Brazil (Part 2)
9
Nov: Slave Culture and Religion in the U.S.
11 Nov: Remembrance Day: No Class Meeting
14 Nov: Slave Resistance
16
Nov: Slave Rebellions
18
Nov: Free Blacks
Unit Four: The Decline of Slavery
21
Nov: Questioning Slavery in the Atlantic World
23
Nov: The American Revolution and the First
Emancipation
Short Essay on Unit Three Due
25
Nov: The Haitian Revolution
28
Nov: Brazil, Britain and the Slave Trade
30
Nov: Expanding and Defending Slavery in the U.S.
2
Dec: The Civil War and U.S. Emancipation
5
Dec: Brazilian Abolition, I
7
Dec: Brazil Abolition, II
9 Dec:
Summation and Review
12-21 Dec:
Final Examination to be Scheduled by Registrar
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