HIST 670A Slavery and Freedom in 19thCentury America
This course explores the development and destruction of slavery in the United States from the early republic through the late nineteenth century. Topics include: slavery in the age of revolutions; the "first emancipation" and the growth of anti-slavery movements; the territorial expansion of slavery and the creation of the cotton kingdom; the intertwined lives of masters and slaves; political economy and pro-slavery ideology; transnational perspectives on slavery and abolition; and post-emancipation struggles over the meaning and extent of freedom.