HS 373 Slave Societies in the Caribbean and Latin America (Fall: 3)
Prerequisite:
Any two semesters of HS 001 through HS 094
Cross Listed with
BK 373
Satisfies Cultural Diversity Core Requirement
Offered Periodically
Fulfills Non-Western requirement for History Majors
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 comparative approach.
Frank Taylor
Last Updated: 11-JAN-12