HIS402/AAS402/AMS412

PrincetonandSlavery

Fall2017

ProfessorMarthaA.Sandweiss

302DickinsonHall

Officehours:Weds.9:30-11:30a.m.andbyappointment

Thisresearchseminar,basedintheUniversityArchivesatSeeleyMuddLibrary,willfocusonPrincetonUniversity’shistoricalconnectionstotheinstitutionofslavery.TheclasswillcontributetothenewPrincetonandSlaveryProjectwebsitethatdetailstheslaveholdingpracticesofPrinceton’sfaculty,trustees,andstudents;investigateshowfundsderivedfromslavelaborcontributedtotheearlygrowthoftheUniversity;examinesthewaysinwhichstudentsengagedsomeofthecentralintellectualandmoralissuessurroundingslavery;andlooksathowtheverysouthernorientationoftheUniversityshapedinstitutionalculture.Studentswillwriteshortresearchpiecesforthewebsite,andhelpexpanditstemporalfocustoincludeananalysisofPrincetoncultureinthelatenineteenthandearlytwentiethcenturies.

StudentswillalsoparticipateinthePrincetonandSlaverySymposiumandrelatedeventsNov.16-19,2017,byleadinghistoricalwalkingtoursofcampusandlive-bloggingthepublicevents.

CourseExpectations:

SeminarParticipation:30%Studentsareexpectedtoreadhomeworkassignmentspriortoclass,tobeactiveparticipantsinclassdiscussions,andtoengageinfocusedresearchduringthein-classworkshops.Attendanceismandatoryatallscheduledclasstimes.

Campustour,symposiumassistance25%

Websiteexhibition:45%

Everystudentwillcreateawebsite“exhibition”relatingtosomeaspectofthePrincetonandSlaveryproject.Theexhibitionwillbeaminimumof1500-2000words,withappropriateimages,andwillfollowthescholarlyguidelinesofthePrincetonandSlaveryProjectwebsite.

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Readings:ThefollowingbookshavebeenorderedforthecourseandareavailableatLabyrinth:

• CraigStevenWilder,Ebony&Ivy:Race,Slavery,andtheTroubledHistoryofAmerica’sUniversities(BloomsburyPress,2013)

• AlfredBrophy,Reparations:ProandCon(Oxford,2006)• JamesOliverHortonandLoisE.Horton,eds.SlaveryandPublicHistory:TheTough

StuffofAmericanMemory(TheNewPress,2006)• KirkSavage,StandingSoldiers,KneelingSlaves:Race,WarandMonumentin

Nineteenth-CenturyAmerica(PrincetonUniversityPress,1999)• AnneFarrowandJoelLong,Complicity:HowtheNorthPromoted,Prolonged,and

ProfitedfromSlavery(BallantineBooks,2005)• JeromeKarabel,TheChosen:TheHiddenHistoryofAdmissionandExclusionat

Harvard,YaleandPrinceton(HoughtonMifflin,2005)§AllotherreadingswillbeavailablethroughthehotlinksontheBlackboardversionofthesyllabus,undertheCourseMaterialstabontheBlackboardsite,oronthePrincetonandSlaveryProjectwebsite(URLTK).

WeeklySchedule:Sept.13:IntroductiontothePrincetonandSlaveryProjectPleasenoteassignedreadingforthefirstday!

• CraigB.HollanderandMarthaA.Sandweiss,“PrincetonandSlavery:HoldingtheCenter,”(2015)(Blackboard)

• IntroductiontothePrincetonandSlaverywebsite

• Crowdsourcingaresearchstory:ThePawneeBillRiotof1899

Sept.20:UniversitiesandSlavery:AnOverview

• CraigStevenWilder,EbonyandIvy:Race,Slavery.AndtheTroubledHistoryofAmericanUniversities

Workingtogether,we’llbeginmappingoutastrategyforfindingpost-bellumstoriesaboutraceatPrincetontoexpandthePrincetonandSlaverywebsite.Possibletopicsincludetown/gownracialpolitics,eugenics,instructionaboutCivilWarandReconstructionhistory,admissionspoliciesandracialscience.StudentswillbeintroducedtovariousMuddandonlinearchivesandbegintoassembleaprojectarchive.

Sept.27SlaveryandCapitalism

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• AnneFarrowandJoelLong,Complicity:HowtheNorthPromoted,Prolonged,andProfitedfromSlavery

• SethRockman,“NorthernManufacturers,SouthernSlavery,andtheAntebellumOriginsofAmericanBusinessEthics,”(2011)[Blackboard]

• SvenBeckert,“SlaveryandCapitalism,”ChronicleofHigherEducation(Dec.12,2014)),[Blackboard]

• SelectionsfromEdBaptiste,TheHalfHasNeverBeenTold:SlaveryandtheMakingofAmericanCapitalism[Blackboard]

• Princeton&SlaveryProjectWebsite

o MaeveGlass,“MosesTaylorPyneandtheSugarPlantationsoftheAmericas”

o MichaelR.Glass,“Princeton’sFoundingTrustees”

o RyanDukeman,“FundraisingforNassauHall”

o R.IsabelaMorales,“JosephClarkinVirginia,1802-1803”

o JessicaR.Mack,“PrincetonintheWestIndies”

o RyanDukeman,“Princeton’sEndowedProfessorships”

Oct.4:EugenicsandRacialExclusionintheGildedAgeandProgressiveEra

• JeromeKarabel,TheChosen:TheHiddenHistoryofExclusionatHarvard,YaleandPrinceton,esp.chapters1-4,8,10,13,14,15

• ThomasC.Leonard,IlliberalReformers:Race,Eugenics,andAmericanEconomicsintheProgressiveEra(PrincetonUniversityPress,2015),[SelectiononBlackboard]

• http://harvardmagazine.com/2016/03/harvards-eugenics-erahttp://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/15/magazine/the-great-ivy-league-nude-posture-photo-scandal.html?pagewanted=all

• EdwinGrantConklin,HeredityandEnvironmentintheDevelopmentofMen(1922),chapters5and6[SelectionsonBlackboard]

ConversationwithProf.TimLeonard

Oct.11:PrincetonanditsEnvirons:SlaveryandRaceinaNorthernState

• AlbertE.HindsMemorialWalkingTourhttps://www.princetonhistory.org/tour/

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• MelvinMcCray(film),“LookingBack:ReflectionsofBlackPrincetonAlumni”https://vimeo.com/90956635

• Princeton&SlaveryProjectWebsite

o JosephYannielli,“StudentOrigins”andHeatMapo RinaAzumi,“TheWitherspoon-JacksonCommunity”o R.IsabelaMorales,“AnnMariaDavison’s‘VisittotheColoredPeopleof

Princeton’”o R.IsabelaMorales,“TheRiotof1846”o JosephYannielli,“TheAttemptedLynchingofSilasTripp”o JosephYannielli,“WhiteSupremacyatCommencement,1836”o SamuelNiu,“TheWhig-CliosophicSocietyandSlavery”o BryanLaPointe,“ASouthernFamilyatPrinceton”o GenevaSmith,“LegislatingSlaveryinNewJersey”o GregoryNobles,“BetseyStockton”

WalkingtourofPrinceton’shistoricalAfricanAmericancommunitywithShirleySatterfield,Witherspoon-JacksonHistoricalandCulturalSociety

Oct.18:DevelopingaPrincetonandSlaveryWalkingTour

• Princeton&SlaveryProjectWebsiteo KathrynFleuhr,“ProspectFarm”o R.IsabelaMorales,“SlaveryatthePresident’sHouse”o R.IsabelaMorales,“Princeton’sSlaveholdingPresidents”o RichardAnderson,“Princeton’sCivilWarMemorial”o SvenHenningson,“ThePotterFamilyofProspectandPalmerHouses”o JuliaGrummitt,“JosephHenryandSamParker”o MemorialLandscapemap

WorkshopwithProf.BrianHerrera’sTHR340classandcolleaguesfromtheMcCarterTheater.Wewillfine-tunethewalkingtoursofcampuswe’llbegivingonNov.18andgetaninsideperspectiveontheMcCarterPrincetonandSlaveryPlaystosharewiththepublic.

Oct.25:RESEARCHweek

PaperprospectusdueFriday,Oct.27.IndividualmeetingswiththeProfessortobescheduled.

FallBreak

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Nov.8:Slavery,Monuments,andthePoliticsofPublicArt

• KirkSavage,StandingSoldiers,KneelingSlaves:Race,WarandMonumentinNineteenth-CenturyAmerica

• SelectedarticlesonthecurrentCivilWarmonumentwars.[Blackboard]

TheclasswillvisitthenewlyinstalledworkbyTitusKaphar,situatedinfrontofMacleanHouse,andbeintroducedtohisprojectbyMuseumcuratorMitraAbbaspour.

Nov.15:TheChallengesofSlaveryasaProblemofPublicHistory

• JamesOliverHortonandLoisE.Horton,eds.SlaveryandPublicHistory:TheToughStuffofAmericanMemory

HowwillwepromotethePrincetonandSlaveryProjectaspublichistory?Howdowekeepinmindthedifferentsensitivitiesofourmultipleaudiences?TealArcadi,socialmediamanagerfortheproject,willworkwiththeclasstodevelopastrategyforcoveringthesymposiumandrelatedevents.

PrincetonandSlaverySymposiumevents(attendancerequired)Nov.16-19

Studentsintheclasswillreceiveticketstoallticketedevents

Thurs.Nov.16

5:30p.m.TalkbyartistTitusKaphar(McCosh10)

Friday,Nov.17

2:00p.m.WorldpremiereofnewdocumentaryfilmproducedanddirectedbyMelvinMcCrayforthePrincetonandSlaveryProject(GardenTheater)

4:30p.m.PrincetonandSlaverySymposiumKeynoteaddress:NobleLaureateToniMorrison,introducedbyAmericanPoetLaureateTraciK.Smith(RichardsonAuditorium)

Saturday,Nov.18

9:00a.m.–3:00p.m.ThePrincetonandSlaveryProjectSymposium(McCosh10)

4:00p.m.Worldpremiere,ThePrincetonandSlaveryPlays(McCarterTheatre)

Sunday,Nov.19

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11:00a.m.[Film]repeatscreening(GardenTheater)

2:00p.m.ThePrincetonandSlaveryPlays,arepeatperformancefollowedbyatalk-backpanel(McCarterTheater)

Nov.29:ThePrincetonandSlaveryProjectinComparativePerspective

• “SlaveryandJustice:ReportoftheBrownUniversitySteeringCommitteeonSlaveryandJustice,”http://www.brown.edu/Research/Slavery_Justice/

• “GeorgetownUniversity:Slavery,MemoryandReconciliation,”http://slavery.georgetown.edu/

• AntonyDugdale,J.J.FueserandJ.CelsoCastroAlves,“Yale,Slavery,andAbolition”http://www.yaleslavery.org/

• “KnowingOurHistory:AfricanAmericanSlaveryandtheUniversityofMaryland”http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/pdf/KnowingOurHistory.pdf

• “HarvardandSlavery:SeekingaForgottenHistory”websitewithvideosandapublicationbasedonstudentresearch:http://www.harvardandslavery.com/

• “SlaveryandthemakingoftheUniversity”:http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/exhibits/slavery/

• “ContinuingtheConversation:PresidentRuscio’sMessagetotheCommunity”:http://www.wlu.edu/presidents-office/messages-to-the-community/president-ruscios-july-8-2014-message

• “SeetheStripes,”[ClemsonUniversity]http://seestripescu.org/• “TheUniversityofMississippiSlaveryResearchGroup,”

http://slaveryresearchgroup.olemiss.edu/

**Friday,Nov.31.Draftofresearchstoriesdue

Dec.6:.Reparations:DevelopingaPrincetonresponse.

• AlfredL.Brophy,Reparations:ProandCon(OxfordUniversityPress,2006)• Ta-NehisiCoates,“TheCaseforReparations”(TheAtlantic,May2014):

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/05/the-case-for-reparations/361631/

• PSvideos

Dec.13:Researchpaperpresentations.

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Dean’sDate:Tuesday,Jan.16

Finaldraftsofwebsitestoriesdue,withillustrations