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2025-2026 Franklin & Marshall College Catalog 
  
2025-2026 Franklin & Marshall College Catalog
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AMS 334 - The American South: Slavery, Secession and War, 1800-1865


Description
Traces the antebellum south and the emergence of a distinct southern identity and consciousness by examining the following topics: slavery (from the perspective of both masters and slaves), the dispossession of the Native Americans, westward expansion and territorial ambitions in Central America and the Caribbean, politics at the national and state level, and the growth of the region’s intellectual life. Same as AFS 334 /HIS 334 .
Course Attribute(s):
SOCS Gen Ed: Social Science Req



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