PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A PRELIMINARY SYLLABUS BASED ON A PREVIOUS SEMESTER IN WHICH THIS COURSE WAS OFFERED--READINGS, ASSIGNMENTS AND SPECIFIC TOPICS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
Accessing Shared Documents on MyJCU
1. Go to the internal web site (MY JCU).
2. After you have logged in, click on the course post-it for Fall 2020, HS RS372. Then click on shared files.
3. You should then be able to access any course handouts not accessible by clicking the links on this syllabus.
4. Be sure to check the handouts page frequently for changes and updates. Similarly, I will post messages on the MyJCU board should I need to contact you in between class meetings (e.g., in the case of an unexpected class cancellation, etc.).
COURSE SCHEDULE (N.B. The schedule and specific readings listed below may change.)
Sept. 4 Introductions: What is the Atlantic World?
Sept. 6 Opening the Atlantic: Africans and Iberians
Thornton, 1-42
"The Beginnings of a Regular European Trade," (Handout)
Sept. 11 Atlantic Trade and Its Effects in Africa
Thornton, 43-71
Northrup, "Atlantic Exports and Technology" (Handout)
Sept. 13 Slavery in Africa
Thornton, 72-97
Piot, "Of Slaves and the Gift," 31-49
http://www.jstor.org/stable/183287
Sept. 18 The Atlantic Slave Trade, I: Effects in Africa
Thornton, 98-125
Hair, "African Narratives of Enslavement" (Handout)
Manning, "Social and Demographic Transformations" (Handout)
Sept. 20 The Atlantic Slave Trade, II: To and on the African Coast
Smallwood, 1-64
Sept. 21 OFFICIAL MAKE-UP FOR NOVEMBER 1 The Atlantic Slave Trade, III: Numbers From The Trader's Point of View
Smallwood, 65-100
Sept. 25 The Atlantic Slave Trade, IV: Experiencing the Middle Passage
Smallwood, 101-152
Equiano, The Interesting Narrative (MyJCU--Shared Files)
Sept. 27 The Atlantic Slave Trade, V: American Arrivals
Smallwood, 153-207
Oct. 2 The Atlantic Slave Trade, VI: Numbers, Mortality, Departures, Destinations
Explore the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database (http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces)
Oct. 4 The Beginnings of American Slavery
Thornton, 129-151
Eltis, “Europeans and the Rise and Fall of African Slavery in the Americas: An Interpretation,” 1399-1423
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2167060
Oct. 9 Plantation Life: Work, Culture, and Discipline
Thornton, 152-182
Brown, “Spiritual Terror and Sacred Authority in Jamaican Slave Society,” 24-53 (Handout)
Oct. 11 Making the Plantations: Agriculture and African Technology
Carney, "'With Grains of Rice in Her Hair': Rice in Colonial Brazil," 1-27 (EBSCO)
http://search.ebscohost.com.web.johncabot.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=13884156&site=ehost-live
Oct. 12 OFFICIAL MAKE-UP FOR NOVEMBER 22 Gender and the Making of Slavery and Race
Gray White, “The Nature of Female Slavery,” Ar'n't I A Woman?, 62-90 (Reserve)
Brown, “ Engendering Racial Difference, 1640-1670,” Good Wives, Nasty Wenches, and Anxious Patriarchs, 107-136 (Reserve)
Oct. 16 Africa in America: Ethnicity and Nations
Thornton, 183-205
Dubois and Scott (hereafter DS), 269-292
Preliminary Bibliography For Research Paper Due
Oct. 18 African America: Creolization
Thornton, 206-234
DS, 116-158
Oct. 23 Afro-American Religions: Christianity
Thornton, 235-271
DS, 101-115, 159-192
Oct. 25 Afro-American Religions: Vaudou
Fandrich, “Yoruba Influences on Haitian Vodou and New Orleans Voodoo,” 775-791
http://www.jstor.org/stable/40034365
Oct. 30 Back on the Ocean: African and African American Sailors
Bolster, “African Roots of Black Seafaring,” Black Jacks, 44-67 (On Reserve)
DS, 69-98
Nov. 6 Resistance, I: Everyday Resistance and Accommodation
Thornton, 272-279
Genovese, Roll Jordan Roll: The World the Slaves Made, 597-621, 637-648 (On Reserve)
Draft of Research Paper Due
Nov. 8 Resistance, II: Escape
Thornton, 279-292 (review 272-279)
DS, 47-68
Nov. 13 Independent African American Societies: Maroon Communities
Thornton, 292-300
DS, 236-265
Nov. 15 Resistance, III: Rebellion
Thornton, 300-303
DS, 11-25, 214-235
Beginning of Presentation/Discussion of Research Papers
Nov. 20 Research Papers--Discussion/Presentation
Nov. 27 Slavery and Slave Resistance in the 'Age of Revolutions', I
Thornton, 300-334
Nov 29 Slavery and Slave Resistance in the 'Age of Revolutions', II
DS, 195-213, 293-322
Recommended: DS, 26-46
Dec. 4 Emancipation?
DS, 334-395
Recommended: DS, 323-333
Dec. 6 Back to Africa: African American Views of Africa
De Groot, “The Bush Negro Chiefs Visit Africa: Diary of an Historic Trip,” in Price, Maroon Societies, 389-398 (On Reserve)
Campbell, "Representing the Race," Middle Passages, 57-98 (Handout, focus on pages 76-90)
Last Presentation/Discussion of Research Papers
FINAL EXAM--December 11, and Final Draft of Research Paper is Due (When you hand in your final draft of your research paper on Tuesday, you should also hand in the earlier draft with my comments as well.)