Caribbean Colonization and Decolonization (FR-0136)

Fall 2025 · FR 0136 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Examines the colonization of the French-speaking Caribbean. The role of religion, the “civilizing mission,” and other Eurocentric ideologies that gave the colonial project its theoretical foundations and practical means. Topics may include the slave trade, creolization process, plantation system, and anti-slavery and abolitionist struggles. Readings may include historical documents, critical analyses, and excerpts from Christopher Columbus' Journal, the Code Noir, decrees of the abolition of slavery, Montesquieu, Mme de Staël, Césaire, Glissant, Trouillot, and Chauvet. In French. Recommendations: 2 courses taught in French above FR 22 or instructor permission.

Course codes: FR-0136, FR 0136, FR0136, FR-136, FR 136, FR136

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