FREN 380 - Esclavage et liberté

FC ARHU CD

4 credits
This course examines the history of slavery in the French-speaking world, beginning in 1594, when the first French ship transported slaves to the New World, and concluding in 1794, when the Convention abolished slavery and proclaimed “liberté, égalité, et fraternité” for all men. While philosophers such as Voltaire, Rousseau, Buffon, and Diderot condemned slavery, many of them maintained pseudoscientific, surprisingly racist views of the people they sought to liberate.

Prerequisites: FREN 301 or FREN 309 or FREN 321.