This course will first examine the history of slavery in the ancient and medieval eras, but is devoted mainly to the rise and maturation of slavery and slave trading in the Atlantic world (ca. 1500-1865). The last third of the class charts the resurgence of post-abolition slavery.
Outcomes: Students will learn about slavery past and present to fashion a moral philosophy of human freedom that can make a world without slavery a reality.
Outcomes: Students will learn about slavery past and present to fashion a moral philosophy of human freedom that can make a world without slavery a reality.