Courses: Slavery, Catechism, and Plantation Missions in Antebellum America (RELGH245A01)
Fall 2013
From the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, the Christianization of Africans emerged as an important social, legal, and religious subject of inquiry among various denominations, clergy, missionaries, and plantation owners. This course will examine primary documents, letters, catechisms, treatises, and sermons related to and/or directed toward a population of enslaved African people in early American society.
Fulfills: HU III Limit:25
DepartmentAfrican and Africana Studies (Web site) Taught By |
LocationHaverford, Gest 101 Meeting TimesMW 11:30-1:00 |