Wright State University
History 4830 - Slavery and Abolition
Spring 2018
Christopher Oldstone-Moore
Millett Hall 368
Office Hours: T/Th 12:30-2:00 Requirements Discussion Paper Guide
DATE |
SESSION |
READING |
DUE |
Tues. Jan 9 |
Introduction |
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Thurs. Jan 11 |
Amistad Case as a Window |
Davis, chap. 1 |
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Tues. Jan 16 |
Davis,
chap. 2 |
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Thurs. Jan 18 |
Intellectual History of Racism |
Davis, chap 3 |
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Tues. Jan 23 |
Davis, chap. 4 to p. 91 |
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Thurs. Jan 25 |
Labor in Spanish America |
Davis, chap. 4 from p. 91 |
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Tues. Jan 30 |
Davis, chap. 5 |
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Thurs. Feb 1 |
The Middle Passage |
Equiano, chaps. 1-2 |
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Tues. Feb 6 |
Davis, chap. 6 |
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Thurs. Feb 8 |
Comparative Slave Regimes |
Peabody: pp. 5-8; 10-12; 15-18; 21-23; 31-36; 42-43; 45-52; 102-3; 134-35 |
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Tues. Feb 13 |
First-Person Narrative |
Equiano, chaps. 3-4 |
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Thurs. Feb 15 |
Equiano, chaps 5-6 Peabody, 68-74 |
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Tues. Feb 20 |
Exam 1 |
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Thurs. Feb 22 |
Paper Conferences |
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Spring Break |
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Tues. Mar 6 |
American Revolution |
Davis, chap. 7 Peabody, 74-86 |
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Thurs. Mar 8 |
French Revolution |
Davis, chap. 8 to 166 |
Bibliography T. Anthony |
Tues. Mar 13 |
Haitian Uprising |
Popkin, chaps. 2-3 Peabody, 5-10; 57-64 |
C. Pitzer |
Thurs. Mar 15 |
Haitian Revolution |
Popkin, chaps. 4-5 |
L. Moore G. Cyan |
Tues. Mar 20 |
Consequences of Revolution |
Popkin, chap. 6 Davis, chap. 8 from 166 |
A. Murphy |
Thurs. Mar 22 |
American South |
Davis, chap. 9-10 |
A. Holmes |
Tues. Mar 27 |
Abolitionism in Britain |
Davis, chap. 12 |
C. Pitzer |
Thurs. Mar 29 |
NO CLASS—paper writing |
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Thesis/Outline/Bib |
Tues. Apr 3 |
Wilberforce the Evangelical |
Tompkins chaps. 1-8 |
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Thurs. Apr 5 |
Abolition of the Slave Trade |
Tompkins, chaps 9-16 |
T. Anthony L. Moore |
Tues. Apr 10 |
Abolitionism in Film: Amazing Grace |
Paper Due |
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Thurs. Apr 12 |
American Abolitionism |
Davis, chap. 13 |
G. Cyan |
Tues. Apr 17 |
American Politics |
Davis, chap. 14 |
J. Sizemore |
Thurs. Apr 19 |
Civil War |
Davis, chap. 15 |
A. Murphy |
Fri. Apr 20 |
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Final Paper Due |
Thurs. Apr 26 |
Exam 2 at 2:45 pm |
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