Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 5-27-2003 |
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AFR203 2004 Fall – 2004 Fall |
LEC 3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load Acad |
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African-American
History: The Slavery Experience |
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History and cultural heritage of African-Americans, including
arrival in the Americas, chattel slavery experience, emancipation, and
participation in the American Civil War. Presented from an Afro-centric
perspective. Prerequisites: AFR110, or permission of
Instructor. |
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MCCCD
Official Course Competencies: |
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AFR203 2004
Fall – 2004 Fall |
African-American History: The Slavery Experience |
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Summarize briefly the history and geography of Africa as
the birthplace of humanity. (I) |
2.
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Describe the social organization and culture of the
Egyptian and ancient Ghana civilizations. (I) |
3.
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Describe the slave trade in Africa. (I) |
4.
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Describe the capture and purchase of African slaves. (II) |
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Describe the crossing, including the significance of the
Middle Passage, the role of slavers, and the slave story. (II) |
6.
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Examine the experience of Black people in North America during
the period of 1619-1763, including the Jamestown and Chesapeake experience.
(III) |
7.
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Describe Black servitude, the origins of slavery, and the
emergence of chattel slavery. (III) |
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Describe the plantation slave life in early America, including
miscegenation and creolization. (IV) |
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Explain the origins of African-American culture on the
slave plantations, including the Great Awakening, religion, language, music,
and folk literature. (IV) |
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Analyze the African-American impact on the culture of
colonial America. (IV) |
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Describe the slavery experience in the northern colonies,
the experience of Black women in colonial America, and the development of
Black resistance and the Black rebellion. (IV) |
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Describe the experience of African-Americans in the new
nation between 1783-1820, including the impact of the Declaration of
Independence, the revolutionary debate, Black enlightenment, the revolution,
and emancipation. (V) |
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Describe the experience of African-Americans in the new
nation between 1783-1820, including forces for freedom and for slavery, the
emergence of free Black communities, the impact of Black leaders, the Black
resistance, and the impact of the War of 1812. (V) |
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Explain the impact of the cotton kingdom on slavery,
including its expansion and the significance of an agrarian- based economy on
the institutionalization of slavery. (VI) |
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Contrast and compare the experiences of house servants, field
and skilled slaves on plantations, and the experience of urban and industrial
slavery. (VI) |
16.
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Describe the domestic slave trade and analyze its impact
on slave families and on the socialization of slaves. (VI) |
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Describe the demographics and geographical distribution of
free Black people in antebellum America. (VII) |
18.
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Contrast and compare the experiences of free African-
Americans in the urban North, in the upper South, and in the Deep South.
(VII) |
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Explain the opposition to slavery during the period from
1800-1833, including the turmoil in America, the beginning of abolitionism,
the American Colonization Society, the role of Black women abolitionists, the
Baltimore Alliance, and the contributions of David Walker and Nat Turner.
(VIII) |
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Explain the intensification of the opposition to slavery
during the period from 1833-1850, including increased incidents of racism and
violence, the response to the antislavery movement, the impact of Black
militancy and Black nationalism, and the contributions of Frederick Douglass.
(IX) |
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Describe the disunity of the United States over slavery by
examining the merits of free labor vs. slave labor, the philosophy of nativism, the significance of the Kansas- Nebraska Act,
the Dred Scott Decision, the Lincoln-Douglass
debates, and the election of Abraham Lincoln. (X) |
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Describe the experiences and roles of African-Americans in
the Civil War, including the rejection of Black volunteers, the Union
policies toward Confederate slaves, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the
Confederate reaction to Black soldiers. (XI) |
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Describe the end of slavery and the experiences of
African- Americans during the reconstruction by comparing and contrasting the
promises made and their manifestation. (XII) |
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Official Course Outline: |
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AFR203 2004
Fall – 2004 Fall |
African-American History: The Slavery Experience |
I. African History and
Geography A. Ancient civilizations 1. Birthplace of humanity 2. Egyptian civilization 3. Ancient Ghana
civilization B. Social organization and
structure C. Slave trade in Africa II. Middle Passage A. Capture and purchase B. Crossing C. Slavers D. Slave Story III. Black People in North
America: 1619-1763 A. Jamestown &
Chesapeake B. Slavery 1. Origins 2. Chattel slavery IV. Plantation Slavery A. Daily life B. Miscegenation C. Creolization
D. Culture 1. Origins 2. Great Awakening/religion
3. Language 4. Music 5. Folk literature E. Impact on colonial
culture F. Northern colonies
experiences G. Black women in colonial
America H. Black resistance I. Black rebellion V. African-Americans in the
New Nation: 1783-1820 A. The Declaration of
Independence B. The Revolutionary Debate
C. Black enlightenment D. The revolution and
emancipation E. Forces 1. For Freedom 2. For Slavery F. Free Black communities G. Black leaders H. Black resistance I. The War of 1812 VI. Life in the Cotton
Kingdom A. Slavery expansion B. Agrarian economy slave
labor C. House servants; field
and skilled slaves D. Urban and industrial
slavery E. Domestic slave trade F. Slave families G. Slave socialization VII. Free African-Americans
in Antebellum America A. Demographics and
geographical distribution B. Experiences 1. Urban North 2. Upper South 3. Deep South VIII. Opposition to Slavery:
1800-1833 A. Turmoil in America B. Beginnings of
abolitionism C. The American
Colonization Society D. Black women
abolitionists E. The Baltimore Alliance F. David Walker's
contribution G. Nat Turner's
contribution IX. Intensified Opposition
to Slavery: 1833-1850 A. Increased racism and
violence B. Antislavery movement
response C. Black militancy D. Black nationalism E. Fredrick Douglass'
contribution X. United States' Disunity
Over Slavery A. Free labor vs. slave
labor B. Nativism
C. Kansas-Nebraska Act D. Dred
Scott Decision E. Lincoln-Douglass Debates
F. Election of Abraham
Lincoln XI. African-Americans in
the Civil War A. Rejection of Black
volunteers B. Union policies toward
Confederate slaves C. The Emancipation
Proclamation D. Confederate reaction to
Black soldiers XII. Reconstruction A. Slavery's end B. Promises and
manifestations |