HTY 453 - Slavery in Latin America

3 credits
Examines slavery in Latin America from Spanish and Portuguese colonization in the sixteenth century through abolition in the nineteenth century. Topics include Native American and African labor, the slave trade, the economics of slavery, the Roman Catholic Church, Atlantic World revolutions, slave resistance and rebellion, and legacies of slavery.
Prerequisite(s): 100-level Hty or permission of instructor