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21H.241[J] France and Haiti: Enlightenment, Slavery, and Revolution
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Not offered academic year 2025-2026Undergrad (Spring) HASS Humanities
(Same subject as 21G.054[J])
Prereq: None
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: W EVE (7-10 PM) (E51-285)
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Explores the relationship between the Enlightenment, slavery, and the French and Haitian revolutions. Studies France and Haiti prior to 1789, analyzes some of the central texts of the Enlightenment with an emphasis on ideas about monarchy, slavery, and democracy. Considers the place of these ideas and the role of popular mobilization in the French and Haitian revolutionary era from 1789 to 1804. Concludes with an examination of some of the legacies of the eighteenth-century experience for modern French and Haitian politics.
M. Ghachem
Textbooks (Spring 2025)