Please read the packet of readings handed out during last class. Prioritize the readings packet on slavery over the text book readings, but those few pages from the text book will provide important historical context beyond what we have spoke about in class.
Refer to the seminar rubric to see how you will be assessed in class (check the link on the left of the screen).
Please read and annotate the readings and come to class prepared to interact and discuss the materials.
NB: The reading excerpt is from Winthrop Jordan's White Over Black, which won the National Bancroft Prize Book award. It is considered by most historians as one of the important books on the issue of slavery in the United States. However, the book was published in 1968, so uses some dated terminology in the narrative. Although the terminology does not necessary detract from the argument Jordan is making about the origins and development of African slavery in the American colonies, during our discussion, we will be using contemporary language.
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