Wright State University

                                                                  History 4830 - Slavery and Abolition

                                                                                   Spring 2013

 

Christopher Oldstone-Moore

Millett Hall 368

christopher.oldstone-moore@wright.edu                        Requirements

 

 

DATE

SESSION

READING

DUE

Mon Jan 7

Introduction

 

Questions

Set A

Wed Jan 9

Slavery and Civilization

Aristotle on Slavery

New Testament on Slavery

 

Fri. Jan 11

Long History of Slavery

Drescher, chap. 2 to p. 40

 

Mon. Jan 14

Exploration and Exploitation

Drescher 40-45

Michele da Cuneo,  Letter of 1495

 

Wed. Jan 16

Formation of Spanish America

De Las Casas, A Short Account

Valladolid Debate

 

Fri. Jan 18

Enslavement of Africans

Eltis, Cultural Roots of African Slavery

Davis, Inhuman Bondage 

 

Mon. Jan 21

NO CLASS

 

 

Wed. Jan 23

The Sugar Economy

Higman, Slave Population of the Caribbean. Read pp. 158-70.

 

Fri. Jan 25

Comparative Slave Regimes 

Peabody: pp. 5-8; 10-12; 15-18; 21-23; 31-36; 102-3; 134-35 

Discussion Paper

Mon. Jan 28

Anglo-American Slavery

Drescher, chap. 3

 

Wed. Jan 30

The Middle Passage

Baquaqua, Biography

Equiano, chaps. 1-2

 

Fri. Feb 1

Slavery in the First Person

Equiano, chaps. 3-4

 

Mon. Feb 4

Between Slavery and Freedom

Equiano, chaps 5-6

Discussion Paper

Wed. Feb 6

The Shape of the Atlantic

Drescher, 91-98

Peabody, 42-43; 45-51

 

Fri. Feb 8

Exam I

 

 

Mon. Feb 11

Stirrings Against Slavery

Drescher, 91-114

Questions Set B

Wed. Feb 13

The Somerset Case

Peabody, 68-74

 

Fri. Feb 15

American Revolution

Drescher, 115-32

Peabody, 74-79

 

Mon. Feb 18

New American Perspectives

Drescher, 132-45

Peabody, 79-86

Discussion Paper

Wed. Feb 20

French Revolution

Drescher 146-60

National Assembly

 

Fri. Feb 22

Haitian Revolt

Drescher, 160-69

Peabody, 5-10; 57-64

 

 

SPRING BREAK

 

 

Mon. Mar 4

Spanish-American Revolutions

Drescher, 181-94

Peabody, 121-24

Questions Set C

Wed. Mar 6

Paper Conferences

PAPER TOPICS

Bibliography

Fri. Mar 8

Revival of British Abolitionism

Drescher, 205-228

 

Mon. Mar 11

Wilberforce the Evangelical 

Tompkins chaps. 1-5

 

Wed. Mar 13

Wilberforce the Abolitionist

Tompkins, chaps. 6-10

 

Fri. Mar 15

Abolition of the Slave Trade

Tompkins, chaps 13-16

 

Mon. Mar 18

Abolitionism in Film:

       Amazing Grace

 

 

Wed. Mar 20

Abolition in Film

 

Thesis/Outline

Fri. Mar 22

Discussion on Essay Writing

 

 

Mon. Mar 25

Exam 2  REVIEW

 

 

Wed. Mar 27

British Emancipation

Drescher, chap. 9

Question Set D

Fri. Mar 29

Abolitionism in the US

Drescher, 294-317

Antislavery Songs

 

Mon. Apr 1

Abolitionist Arguments

Readings - US Antislavery

Garrison and Calhoun

 

Wed. Apr 3

 

 

Discussion Paper

due

Fri. Apr 5

American Civil War

Drescher, 317-32

Lincoln, 2nd Inaugural

 

Mon. Apr 8

 

 

Essay Due

Wed. Apr 10

Emancipation in Spanish America

Drescher 333-48

Peabody, 124-33

Question Set E

Fri. Apr 12

Emancipation in Brazil

Drescher, 348-71

Peabody, 150-66

 

Mon Apr 15

Assessing Abolition

Drescher, chap. 15

 

Wed. Apr 17

Exam 3

 

 

Fri. Apr 19

Writing/Conferences

 

 

Wed. Apr. 24

Paper Presentations 2:45-4:15

 

Finale Essay & Presentations