Academic Calendar - 2025

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2025
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History 4315F/G

AMERICAN SLAVERY, GLOBAL CONTEXT: PROFIT, IDENTITY, AND POWER IN THE MODERN ERA


Students will examine the history and legacies of American slavery by reading awardwinning texts. About half of these readings will recount how slavery emerged and developed in North America, where it was shaped by European, African, and Indigenous societies; other texts will frame slavery in comparative, international, and transnational perspectives.

Prerequisite(s): Registration in third year or above, any module.

Extra Information: 3 seminar hours.

Course Weight: 0.50
Breadth: CATEGORY A i  
Subject Code: HISTORY

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