Maricopa Community Colleges  AFR203   20046-99999 

Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 5-27-2003

AFR203  2004 Fall – 2004 Fall

LEC  3.0 Credit(s)  3.0 Period(s)  3.0 Load  Acad

African-American History: The Slavery Experience

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:

 

AFR203  2004 Fall – 2004 Fall

African-American History: The Slavery Experience

 

1.

Summarize briefly the history and geography of Africa as the birthplace of humanity. (I)

2.

Describe the social organization and culture of the Egyptian and ancient Ghana civilizations. (I)

3.

Describe the slave trade in Africa. (I)

4.

Describe the capture and purchase of African slaves. (II)

5.

Describe the crossing, including the significance of the Middle Passage, the role of slavers, and the slave story. (II)

6.

Examine the experience of Black people in North America during the period of 1619-1763, including the Jamestown and Chesapeake experience. (III)

7.

Describe Black servitude, the origins of slavery, and the emergence of chattel slavery. (III)

8.

Describe the plantation slave life in early America, including miscegenation and creolization. (IV)

9.

Explain the origins of African-American culture on the slave plantations, including the Great Awakening, religion, language, music, and folk literature. (IV)

10.

Analyze the African-American impact on the culture of colonial America. (IV)

11.

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)

12.

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)

13.

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)

14.

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)

15.

Contrast and compare the experiences of house servants, field and skilled slaves on plantations, and the experience of urban and industrial slavery. (VI)

16.

Describe the domestic slave trade and analyze its impact on slave families and on the socialization of slaves. (VI)

17.

Describe the demographics and geographical distribution of free Black people in antebellum America. (VII)

18.

Contrast and compare the experiences of free African- Americans in the urban North, in the upper South, and in the Deep South. (VII)

19.

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)

20.

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)

21.

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)

22.

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)

23.

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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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

 

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