AAS 1010
Introduction to African-American and African Studies I
Course Description
This introductory course surveys the histories of people of African descent in Africa, the Americas, and the Caribbean from approximately the Middle Ages to the 1880s. Emphases include the Atlantic slave trade and its complex relationship to Africa; the economic systems, cultures, and communities of Africans and African-Americans in the New World, in slavery and in freedom; the rise of anti-slavery movements; and the socio-economic systems that replaced slavery in the late 19th century.
Robert Vinson
Fall 2025
TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm
Naseemah Mohamed
Fall 2025
TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm