HIST 462. Human Trafficking in African History

This seminar examines key themes in the history of human trafficking in the entire sweep of African history: the trans-Saharan slave trade, the Indian Ocean slave trade, the Atlantic slave trade, systems of African slavery and slave trade, and religions and slave trade. Students will recognize that the history of human trafficking as a significant global economic factor defies racial boundaries, connecting water bodies and continents, and develop familiarity with competing historiographical interpretations, debates and theories. Students will have opportunities to appreciate the historical roles of human trafficking in transforming societies, cultures, polities, religions, and people’s perceptions and worldviews.