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Hi all. I am currently working on creating a project for my Slavery and Emancipation graduate seminar this coming fall. A number of our graduate students in the History Department at CSU, do not continued to a Ph.D. and it is my goal to give them new tools they can bring to their jobs. Therefore, [...]

This week discussion will focus on the issues of maroons, runaway communities, and black majorities in the Caribbean. In his article, David Geggus, argues that historians “have sought to find patterns in the history of slave resistance” in order to formulate models of analysis. For our discussion, I will like to focus on the two [...]

In this link you can find some pics about Maroon culture in the Caribbean. These come from The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas.

The link to the pics.

The following is a short chapter on Marronage from Michael Craton’s Testing the Chains, (Cornell University Press, 2009)

Chapter

jsola wrote a new blog post: Slavery, the Plantation and the Movie Sankofa

The movie Sankofa present’s a self-absorbed Black American fashion model on a photo shoot in Africa who is spiritually transported back to a plantation in the West Indies where she experiences first-hand the physical and psychic horrors of chattel slavery, and eventually…

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jsola wrote a new blog post: Class Today

Today, Monday March 1, I will take time to discuss with you the progress you are making in the final papers. It is important for you to know that we are almost at mid point of our semester and that time is moving fast. Lets use our class time today to [...]

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jsola wrote a new blog post: Colonial Changes

I have posted new lecture information for this week lectures. Go to this link on the web page: Colonial Changes

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jsola wrote a new blog post: Exam One

Exam one is up in our web/blog. Also here is a copy you can download for your own use.
ExamOne

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jsola wrote a new blog post: Afro-Caribbean Religions vs. Christianity

Last month’s earthquake in Haiti brought forward a series of comments about this nation’s African past, including religion, devil worshiping, backwardness, etc. The comments made by different individuals and/or organizations point to a practice of constructing blackness as…

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jsola wrote a new blog post: Online Assignment-Slavery

A new online assignment is up. Please read carefully the instructions. This work is due Next Monday during class.
http://sola165.clevelandhistory.org/online-assignments/

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jsola wrote a new blog post: Quiz One Questions

The following are samples of the question(s) for your quiz on Friday.
1. Explain three of the changes that occur to the lives of the native in the Americas after the Conquest and Early colonization.
2. Explain what were the main racial/ethnic categories of Colonial society in the Americas and how…

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jsola wrote a new blog post: Colonial World

New materials for our lectures and discussions can be found in the page Lectures and questions.

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jsola wrote a new blog post: Race in Colonial Latin America

Latin America’s human variety is endless. The region has been one of the world’s great meeting places of gene pools since Africans and Europeans joined indigenous Americans in the 1500s.
Find more about got to Race in Colonial Latin America

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jsola wrote a new blog post: Haiti and Religion

During the course of the semester we will engage the role of religion, church officials, and the clergy played in Latin America. The tragedy in Haiti and the recent comments made by different members of the cloth as well media commentators, government officials and lay people can give us a…

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jsola wrote a new blog post: Encounter and Conquest

In 1492 Columbus sailed west to find a closer route to the riches of the east. History has constructed this event in such a way that the impact of the so-called Discovery has been minimized and the accomplishments of Columbus have been elevated to cult status. However, when Columbus sailed west…

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jsola wrote a new blog post: 1st Survey

Our first survey is ready for you to take. Please visit the page, Online-Assignments, to take the survey. Remember this is key for the evaluation of this course online component.
If 80% students answer the surveys, each student in the class will earn 5 total points for his/her final grade.

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jsola wrote a new blog post: Wed Lecture

The first day of class we will explore the syllabus, course web page, assignments and the current situation in Latin America.

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jsola wrote a new blog post: Readings

The readings  for the course have been posted on CSU’s Electronic Course Reserve and the Reserve Desk.  Please read the syllabus so you can  access these materials.

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