AS 101 - African-American History I

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    African-Americans in the history of the U.S. from Africa through Reconstruction with emphasis on the trans-Atlantic slave trade; colonial period; relations between African Americans and Native Americans; African Americans, Native Americans, whites and the creation of "race"; development of plantation system, slavery; gender specific oppression; African Americans, Native Americans, and the Revolution; the constitution; free African Americans in North and South, emerging class distinctions and African American cultures; westward expansion; emergence of sectionalism; African American and white women and abolitionism in the context of the Great Awakening; the anti-slavery movement, including relations to the women rights movement; the American West and connections between Mexican/American and African American history; African Americans and the Civil War; Reconstruction and post-war adjustments, including role of the African American middle class and working class.