Slavery & Abolition Courses and Certifications

Slavery and Social Death: From the Plantation to the 21st Century (Live Online)

33 ratings at CourseHorse

Explore the profound concept of social death — a radical alienation that defined the experience of the enslaved — and its lasting cultural, political, and social legacies.

• CourseHorse
• 12 hours
• Self-Paced
• $335.00

A Southern World View: The Old South and Proslavery Ideology - Lecture 3

A lecture on the American South as a slave society and the biblical, historical, economic, and utopian arguments used to defend slavery.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

America’s Long Struggle against Slavery

78 ratings at The Great Courses Plus

<p>Witness the centuries-long fight against the institution of slavery from the western coast of Africa to the plantations and battlefields of America.</p>

• The Great Courses Plus
• 13 hours 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

A Escravidão na Formação do Estado Brasileiro (1823-1870)

249 ratings at FGV Educação Executiva

Analisa o papel da escravidão na formação constitucional, política, econômica e internacional do Estado brasileiro entre 1823 e 1870.

• FGV Educação Executiva
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

CrashCourse

Black American History by CrashCourse

9 ratings

Clint Smith teaches you Black American History in 50 episodes. In this course, you will learn about the Transatlantic slave trade, slavery in the American colonies, Elizabeth Key, slave codes, the Germantown petition against slavery, and the Stono Rebell…

• YouTube
• 1 hour 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Civil War and Reconstruction - 1861 - 1865: A New Birth of Freedom

6 ratings

Learn about the political, social, and economic changes in the Union and the Confederacy and the Civil War’s long-term economic and intellectual impact.

• edX
• 16 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Civil War and Reconstruction - 1850-1861: A House Divided

20 ratings at edX

Discover how the issue of slavery came to dominate American politics, and how political leaders struggled and failed to resolve the growing crisis in the nation.

• edX
• 20 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Prison Abolition: Freedom, Punishment, and the Carceral State (Live Online)

33 ratings at CourseHorse

Explore the historical and societal implications of prisons and punishment in this thought-provoking course.

• CourseHorse
• 12 hours
• Self-Paced
• $335.00

The American Renaissance and Ralph Waldo Emerson

11 ratings at Coursera

Explore Ralph Waldo Emerson and American Transcendentalism: American Exceptionalism, the scholar's role, Self-Reliance, Literary Ethics, and Emerson's part in the anti-slavery movement.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

The American Renaissance and Frederick Douglass

Explore Frederick Douglass's view of the anti-slavery movement and the abolition of slavery through his autobiographical narrative and the rationale behind his repeated acts of self-narration.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

History 306: The American Civil War Era

This course connects slavery and sectional conflict to the Civil War’s battles, leadership, military strategy, and Reconstruction.

• Study.com
• 20 hours 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Civil War History: Homework Help

Review the Civil War from its political causes and major battles through its end and the effects of Reconstruction.

• Study.com
• 11 hours 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

The Civil War and Reconstruction

Learn about the changes in the Union and the Confederacy, and the Civil War’s long-term impact.

• edX
• 54 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• $135.00
• 3 courses

Wilberforce

1 rating at OpenLearn

William Wilberforce, the politician and religious writer, was instrumental in the abolition of slavery in Britain. This free course explores Wilberforce's career and writings and assesses their ...

• OpenLearn
• 16 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

The Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Birth of the Republican Party, 1854-55

A lecture on how the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act intensified sectional conflict and fostered the Republican Party.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video