AFAM 40B Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Stono Rebellion, Marcus Rediker

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: African American Studies
• Course: AFAM 40B
• Professor: C H A N D L E R

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Afam 40b lecture #19: (cid:858)the tudy of the negro pro(cid:271)lems(cid:859) and final prep: du bois essa(cid:455): (cid:858)the tud(cid:455) of the negro pro(cid:271)le(cid:373)(cid:859) Discusses african americans migrating from north to south. Du bois goes to virginia to meet southern immigrants. Paragraph 1-20 the pro(cid:271)le(cid:373): (cid:862)ha(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) histori(cid:272)all(cid:455) produ(cid:272)ed(cid:863) In this essay, du bois fo(cid:272)uses o(cid:374) : concern of knowledge, theorization, (cid:862)afri(cid:272)a(cid:374) sla(cid:448)er(cid:455) is the produ(cid:272)t of the re(cid:374)aissa(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) Given the technology developed in europe, (compass and sails, large ships) western europeans navigated the seas to the coast of africa. The technology does not originate from europe; i. e compass came from china. The europeans make it to africa in the senegal-region. Technology allows the portuguese to arrive senegambia; not for the original intention of developing people; were seeking seal skins (used their skins for oil) and gold. The capture of slaves did not come until later! Professor remark: (cid:862)this ti(cid:373)e period is not after modern-i(cid:373)perialis(cid:373); it is at it(cid:859)s i(cid:374)(cid:272)eptio(cid:374)(cid:863)