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This course introduces students to the major themes, issues, and questions related to slavery and emancipation at institutions of higher education, with emphasis on Davidson University and the University of Alabama. The guiding questions: How do institutions of higher education attempt to reconcile their slave pasts and legacies for the present stakeholders? How might the current scholarship provide a pathway forward for encouraging truth and reconciliation?
We will explore this underappreciated topic of campus history, lives of the enslaved, and consequences for the postwar African American and University communities and attempt to answer how should universities reckon with this history and tell fuller and inclusive narratives to current and future stakeholders.
- Teacher: Hilary Green