The Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World

AFR 225 / HIST 225 / LALS 225

The Haitian Revolution is widely regarded as one of the most dramatic and significant events in history and is the only slave revolt in the Americas to successfully result in the abolition of slavery. It began with a massive slave insurrection in 1791 in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, and in 1…

Creating Latin America: A History

HIST 181 / LALS 181

Beginning with the lead-up to the first encounters between Europeans and Americans and ending with the challenges of globalization in the twenty-first century, this course offers a chronological and topical overview of 500 years of Latin American history. It examines individual lives within the fram…