African Americans in Slavery

Slavery of African-American slavery "Slavery is terrible for men, but for women this is even worse." (Harriet Brent "Event in Slave Girl's Life", p. 119) . It is obvious that slavery women receive far more serious treatment than men after reading "The case in the life of a slave girl". Rather than robbing people from an incredible injustice that people receive when they are slavery, rather stress the greater difficulties facing African-American women at this time.

This course examines the complex and diverse experiences of slavery and African-Americans until 1877. Topics include West African roots, intermediate routes, American slavery and resistance, the occurrence of racial discrimination, civil war, and reconstruction. In this course we will look at domestic and foreign factors that shape the historical experience of the black economically, culturally and politically. The course is designed to be chronologically ordered, but it emphasizes important themes such as the occurrence of racial discrimination, the idea of ​​the abolitionists, the slavery society, and the influence of free blacks.

African American literature tends to focus on topics of particular interest to blacks. For example, the role of African-Americans in the greater American society and African-American culture, racial discrimination, religion, slavery, freedom and peace. This focus began with the earliest African-American work like the slave narrative type in the early 19th century and continued working through the works of many contemporary writers. Another characteristic of African American literature is its strong tradition of incorporating oral poetry into it. There are many oral poems in African-American culture, such as spiritual, African-American gospel music, blues, rap. This verbal poem also appears in the tradition of African-American Christian missionaries, using deliberate repetition, rhythm, and rhyme. All these examples of verbal poetry are in African American literature.