BK 373 Slave Societies in the Caribbean and Latin America (Fall: 3)
Cross Listed with
HS373
Satisfies Cultural Diversity Core Requirement
Offered Periodically
Over 90 percent of slaves imported into the Americas during the Atlantic
slave trade were brought to the Caribbean Islands and South America. The
Caribbean Islands received 42.2 percent of the total slave imports and South
America 49.1 percent. Among the topics covered are the rise and fall of
slavery, the economics of slave trading, slave demography, patterns of slave
life, slave laws, slave resistance, slave culture, social structure and
the roles of the freed people. The compass of the course embraces a variety
of English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch speaking countries and
a comprehensive approach.
Frank Taylor
Last Updated: 11-FEB-13