Topics in African-American Studies (380-0-24)

Topic

Women's History: Slavery and Freedom in the 19th C

Instructors

Leslie Maria Harris
847/491-3153
Harris Hall - Room 340

Meeting Info

Harris Hall L28: Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

This course will examine the lives of African American women between the American Revolution and the Civil War. Topics to be addressed include labor; family and community relationships; sexuality and intimacy; and political activism: free black women in the anti-slavery movement and enslaved women's resistance to enslavement. By the end of the course, students will have learned about the life experiences of women of African descent in the nineteenth-century U.S.; and will have gained an understanding of how historians write history using primary and secondary sources.

Class Attributes

Historical Studies Foundational Discipline
Historical Studies Distro Area

Associated Classes

DIS - Parkes Hall 213: Thurs 11:00AM - 11:50AM

DIS - Parkes Hall 213: Thurs 12:00PM - 12:50PM

DIS - Parkes Hall 212: Thurs 1:00PM - 1:50PM