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American freedom took shape amid slavery. This course traces the interconnected histories of slavery, family life, politics, and American thought to help better understand the evolution of Americans’ ideas about freedom, independence, and authority. This course explores the role of concepts—and institutions—of freedom and slavery, dependence and independence, and autonomy and authority in shaping American thought, values, and institutions from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries. Writing proficiency is required for a passing grade in this course. A student who does not write with the skill normally required of an upper-division student will not earn a passing grade, no matter how well the student performs in other areas of the course.