BLST 221: The Atlantic Slave Trade: Violence, Exploitation, Resistance
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Course Description
Thematic social, cultural and economic history tracing rise and fall of Atlantic slave trade from African supply systems to New world consumption 1550-1880 with focus on slave experiences.
Past Texts Include
Eric Nellis, Shaping the new World
John Thornton, Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World
Lisa Lindsay, Captives as Commodities
Marcus Rediker, The Slave Ship