Atlantic Slave Trade Course
Explore the Atlantic slave trade through primary sources, maps, and economic data. Build research, interpretation, and exhibition skills to present this history clearly, ethically, and powerfully in humanities teaching, museums, and public projects.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Atlantic Slave Trade Course offers a concise, research-driven overview of the triangular trade, the Middle Passage, and their long-term economic impacts. Learn to locate, evaluate, and cite primary and secondary sources, interpret quantitative data, and navigate key historiographical debates while crafting clear, ethical, public-facing narratives and exhibition-ready dossiers grounded in current scholarship.
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Develop skills
- Archival research mastery: locate, assess, and cite Atlantic slave trade sources fast.
- Middle Passage analysis: interpret ship logs, testimony, and mortality data clearly.
- Economic impact decoding: read trade records to explain profits and global effects.
- Public history writing: craft concise, ethical captions and exhibition narratives.
- Historiography skills: summarize key debates and present them for broad audiences.
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