HIST 1250

FWS: Conceived in Liberty: The Coming of Civil War and Black Emancipation

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2014-2015 Catalog.

This course examines the American Civil War through the lens of African-Americans in the north and south and through the vision of white radicals who had challenged slavery for a generation. Together, they became the movement that fomented a revolution and changed America forever. We will read the speeches and other writings of black and white radicals; we will examine the slaves response to the Civil War; we will examine the changing goals of the war, and we will analyze Abraham Lincoln's leadership.

When Offered Fall.

Satisfies Requirement First-Year Writing Seminar.

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