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    Dec 05, 2025  
American University Catalog 2025-2026 
    
American University Catalog 2025-2026

AFAM-208 African American History: to 1877 (3)


This course covers the Atlantic slave trade, the African presence in Colonial America, the American Revolution, nineteenth-century American slavery, the Underground Railroad, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. The course utilizes historical eyewitness accounts, maps, and popular culture to explore the arrival and historical journey of African Americans from the Colonial and Revolutionary eras through the Civil War and Reconstruction. AU Core Integrative Requirement: Diversity and Equity. Crosslist: HIST-208 . Usually Offered: fall.