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Week 3: Rebellion and Abolitionism in Colonial America and the Caribbean

This week, we will focus on Colonial America and the Caribbean to examine how enslaved people mobilised in armed resistance over the course of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries.

Seminar Questions

1) Were revolts/rebellions coherent movements?

2) Why did enslaved people engage in armed rebellion?

3) How did enslaved revolts and rebellions evolve over time?