CHID 270 A: Special Topics

BLACK SLAVERY AND INDIGENOUS DISPOSSESSION: TWIN TOOLS OF SETTLE COLONIALISM ___ THIS COURSE TAKES THE DUAL PHENOMEN OF INDIGENOUS AMERICAN TERRITORIAL DISPOSSESSION AND AFRICAN ENSLAVEMENT IN THE AMERICAS AS ITS POINT OF DEPARTURE, AND IS GUIDED B A GROWING BODY OF SCHOLARSHIP THAT UNDERSTANDS DISPOSSESSION AND ENSLAVEMENT AS CLOSELY ENTWINED TOOLS OF EUROPEAN COLONIZING ACROSS THE HEMISPHERIC AMERICAS BEGINNING IN THE LATE 15TH CENTURY. WHAT OTHERWISE OBSCURED DIMENSIONS OF INDIGENOUS AMERICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE CAN THIS APPROACH BRING MORE CLEARLY INTO VIEW? WHAT SHARED STRATEGIES OF RESISTANCE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COALITION AND A POLITICS OF MUTUAL CARE ARE OPENED UP BY AN UNDERSTANDING OF SHARED INDIGENOUS AND AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCES OF SETTLER COLONIALISM?