Schedule
Tuesday
Science, race, and national identity
Thursday
Economics and empire
Readings
- Marcus Rediker, “Life, Death, and Terror in the Slave Trade,” and “African Paths to the Middle Passage” from The Slave Ship.
- Thomas Jefferson, selections from Notes on the State of Virginia.
- Phyllis Wheatley, “On being brought from Africa to America,” “A Farewell to America,” and “Liberty and Peace.”