(Set) African American History: From the African Coast to the Civil War & America’s Long Struggle against Slavery

(Set) African American History: From the African Coast to the Civil War & America’s Long Struggle against Slavery

(Set) African American History: From the African Coast to the Civil War & America’s Long Struggle against Slavery

With this two-course set, get a comprehensive look at the struggle to end slavery in America. In African American History: From the African Coast to the Civil War, follow the stunning journey of African Americans from the dehumanizing experience of slavery to the remarkable chronicle of their endurance, resistance, and passionate battle for liberty and justice. And in America’s Long Struggle against Slavery, survey the history of the American anti-slavery movement, from the dawn of the transatlantic slave trade during the late 15th century to the end of Reconstruction in 1877, and beyond.

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The struggle of African Americans to gain the full rights of citizenship lives at the heart of the American experiment in democracy. In this course, you’ll learn about the history of slavery in America and its extreme brutality; how enslaved African Americans endured and worked tirelessly for freedom and justice; the hardships of free Black Americans; the abolition movements; the effects of the Emancipation Proclamation; and much more.

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America’s Long Struggle against Slavery is your chance to survey the history of the American anti-slavery movement, from the dawn of the transatlantic slave trade during the late 15th century to the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and beyond. Taught by Professor Richard Bell of the University of Maryland, these 30 eye-opening lectures give you an up-close view of a venal institution and the people who fought against it—and who often paid for their courage with their lives.

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