HI330 Lecture : Lecture 1 - January 8.docx
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History 330: slavery in the united states, 1619-1865. Slavery -> meant to be a total system that controlled all aspects of slaves lives. Slavery was not just a labour system even though that was in many cases the primary purpose. People in the past are not necessarily like us. People in the past didn"t necessarily have the same sensibilities or ways of thinking that we do. We need to relate to historical actors in their own beliefs. Worldview an organized and accepted set of ideas within a particular population that attempts to explain the social, cultural, physical and psychological world. Treat people within the context of their time period. 15th century europe, africa and americas didn"t think of themselves in the sense of race. Primary sources sources written in the time. Secondary sources written about a topic after it happened.