FRN 437 - Afterlives of French Slavery

Course Units: 1

This course delves into the resurfacing of slavery’s role in shaping modern France and the French Caribbeans. From the 17th century to the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, we’ll examine how the slave trade, the abolition of slavery, and the Haitian Revolution created traumas still felt today in France and the Caribbean. We’ll compare the roles of museums, monuments, justice, and literature in repairing the wounds of the past and ask whether justice is best served through the law, art, or literature. CC: HUL, HUM, LCC, WAC, JLIT, JCHF, JWOL ISP: LAS