No area of American social history has been more active and exciting in recent years than the study of slavery. This seminar will introduce students to the most important aspects of the South's slave system. We will begin by reading a number of key books in the field, and then we will turn to the College library's extensive holdings of microfilm records dealing with both agricultural and industrial slavery. In consultation with the instructor, each student will select the records of a slave-manned plantation or industrial site for careful and detailed study. The most important piece of work in the seminar will be a research paper that each student will prepare using the manuscript source materials. Format: seminar. Evaluation will be based on class attendance and participation, several short preliminary essays, and a final research paper. No prerequisites. Enrollment limit: 19 (expected: 19). Group A