7 Nov. Fox-Genovese 9 Nov. Slavery, Gender, & Resistance Women & Slavery Painter, on Sojourner Truth READING REPORT DUE ON FOX-GENOVESE 14 Nov. Oates, Fires of 16 Nov. The Turner Insurgency & the Place of Jubilee Toward the political crisis of Violence in Resisting Oppressive the 1850s Regimes Video Presentation, TBD READING REPORT DUE ON OATES 23 Nov. 21 Nov. Painter, on Discussion: Painter & Coates “Soul Slavery what we know, and – don’t READING REPORT DUE Murder” know ON PAINTER, “SOUL MURDER” 28 Nov. 30 Nov. Not merely an afterthought: Cotton Review & prepare – the commodity that drove it all for the final written Final class of the term: exercise Putting it all together your – collective sense of slavery and its legacies 5 Dec. Due date for final Exams begin paper to be announced. 20 Dec. Exams end GUIDELINES FOR READING NOTES AND OTHER WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS If there is more than one reading, do a one-page response for each text that you have read. The reading notes are intended to assist you in mastering and evaluating what you have read, and they also should help our discussions. Additionally, your notes will help you understand the larger patterns that inform the course of African-American History from the 15th Century through the 1850s, and therefore your notes will help you prepare for the written essay that is due in October and for the final written exercise in December. Do not use any outside
7 Nov. Slavery, Gender, & Resistance Fox-Genovese Painter, on Sojourner Truth 9 Nov. Women & Slavery READING REPORT DUE ON FOX-GENOVESE 14 Nov. The Turner Insurgency & the Place of Violence in Resisting Oppressive Regimes Oates, Fires of Jubilee 16 Nov. Toward the political crisis of the 1850s Video Presentation, TBD READING REPORT DUE ON OATES 21 Nov. Slavery – what we know, and don’t know Painter, on “Soul Murder” 23 Nov. Discussion: Painter & Coates READING REPORT DUE ON PAINTER, “SOUL MURDER” 28 Nov. Not merely an afterthought: Cotton – the commodity that drove it all Review & prepare for the final written exercise 30 Nov. Final class of the term: Putting it all together – your collective sense of slavery and its legacies 5 Dec. Exams begin Due date for final paper to be announced. 20 Dec. Exams end GUIDELINES FOR READING NOTES AND OTHER WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS If there is more than one reading, do a one-page response for each text that you have read. The reading notes are intended to assist you in mastering and evaluating what you have read, and they also should help our discussions. Additionally, your notes will help you understand the larger patterns that inform the course of African-American History from the 15th Century through the 1850s, and therefore your notes will help you prepare for the written essay that is due in October and for the final written exercise in December. Do not use any outside
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