INQ-110 | Atlantic Slave Trade

Full Title: The Atlantic Slave Trade

Topic Description:

How was the Atlantic Slave Trade formed? What were the social and cultural effects of its formation and subsequent decline? This course traces the ways in which the Atlantic Slave Trade brought people and ideas from Africa, Eurasia, and the Americas together through the largest system of forced migration in human history. Students will analyze and discuss the major themes in the history of the Atlantic Slave Trade including: the economic history of the trade, the forms that slavery took within African societies, the demographic changes brought on by the trade, the forms of cultural and intellectual exchange that took place in the Atlantic World, and the emergence of the global abolitionist movement. Finally, all students will both learn and utilize the essential skills of the academic historian.

Counts as Global? No

Topic Approved: April 2012