HUX 532 - SLAVERY IN HISTORY AND LITERATURE

COURSE ORGANIZATION

This course is divided into four sections: 1) an overview of slavery; 2) an historical survey of slavery; 3) historical perspectives on American slavery; 4) American slavery as seen from the perspective of literature, including slave narratives and novels. After completing each of the first three sections you will write a short paper in response to one of the assigned topics; after competing the final section you will write a longer research paper (see the schedule of readings and writing assignments for specific details).

SCHEDULE OF READINGS

SLAVERY: AN OVERVIEW
Weeks 1-3 Course Guide, pp. 18-34
Patterson, Slavery and Social Death

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON SLAVERY
Weeks 4-6 Course Guide, pp. 35-57
Meltzer, Slavery: A World History

AMERICAN SLAVERY: HISTORY
Weeks 5-9 Course Guide, pp. 58-86
Davis, Slavery and Human Progress
Kolchin, American Slavery 1619-1877
Goodheart, Brown and Rabe, Slavery in American Society

AMERICAN SLAVERY: LITERATURE
Weeks 10-15 Course Guide, pp. 87-88
Gates, The Classic Slave Narratives
Morrison, Beloved
Butler, Kindred