LST 378 - Slavery in the New World

3 credits C, D
The trans-Atlantic slave trade and slavery in the Americas from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Emphasis is placed on the beginning and development of the trans-Atlantic slave trade; moral issues, economics, and tactics of the trade; and comparisons of the slave societies of Brazil, the Caribbean, and the United States. Cross-listed as AAS 378, HST 378