Gateway Seminar: Slavery and Its Afterlives

HISTORY 189S

Examines the history of American slavery and the legacies of slavery in the present. Focus on slavery as a system of labor, law, race, kinship, knowledge, space, culture, property, and reproduction that affected all areas of American development. Considers the role of slavery in political debates about reparations, Confederate monuments, and critical race theory.
Curriculum Codes
  • EI
  • R
  • CZ
  • SS
Typically Offered
Fall and/or Spring