HIST-3370 Free Blacks in America

This course traces the lives of free blacks in America from the early seventeenth century to the Civil War. The course examines free blacks in relation to the origins of American slavery, the Revolutionary War, black radicalism, community development, antebellum slavery, and the American Civil War. Attention will be given to issues of class, gender, and identity. Prerequisite: At lease one lower-division US History course, or Consent of Instructor.