HS 493 - Seminar: Slavery and Freedom in Baltimore

(3.00 cr.)

Nineteenth-century Baltimore was a major urban center in the Antebellum south and home to thousands of enslaved people. It was also home to one of the largest free black populations in the United States. It was a commercial and manufacturing hub amidst a plantation economy, one in which slavery and freedom existed side-by-side. It was an economic boomtown which by 1830 had become the 2nd largest city in the new United States. In short, Baltimore exemplified the possibilities, paradoxes, and contradictions at the heart of the American republic during the first half of the nineteenth century. This course examines slavery and freedom in Baltimore from the Revolutionary-era through the Civil War and explores briefly the legacy of slavery and racism for the city today. Written or electronic permission of the instructor.

Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies

Interdisciplinary Studies: IAF/IU