Relive the unforgettable drama of the American South with an award-winning professor.
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: The Geography of the American South
- 02: The World of Slavery
- 03: Slavery Becomes American
- 04: The Southern Colonies Take Root
- 05: Southern States in the New Nation
- 06: War, Uprising, and Southern Solidarity
- 07: The Birth of the Cotton South
- 08: Evangelical Faith in the South
- 09: Rebellion, Renewal: Tightening of Slavery
- 10: Arguments for and against Slavery
- 11: A Restless South: Expansion and Conflict
- 12: Life in the Slave South
- 13: Sovereignty and Slavery in the American West
- 14: The Complex Road to Secession
- 15: Elemental Loyalties and Descent into War
- 16: End of War and of Slavery
- 17: Reconstruction and the Freedmen’s Bureau
- 18: The Landscape of the New South
- 19: Farmers and the Rise of Populism
- 20: The Invention of Segregation
- 21: Lynching and Disfranchisement
- 22: Religious Faith in the New South
- 23: Literature and Music of the New South
- 24: The Legacies of the Southern Saga
Taught by
Edward L. Ayers
