Slavery and the Making of America(2005)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2005-02-09
Average Runtime: 55m
Rating: 7.7
Votes: 5
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 4
The history of American slavery from its beginnings in the British colonies to its end in the Southern states and the years of post-Civil War Reconstruction. Looks at slavery as an integral part of a developing nation, challenging the long held notion that slavery was exclusively a Southern enterprise. Simultaneously focuses on the remarkable stories of individual slaves, offering new perspectives on the slave experience and testifying to the active role that Africans and African Americans took in surviving their bondage and shaping their own lives.
Keywords
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Miniseries
Episodes: 4E01
The Downward Spiral
Air Date: 2005-02-09
The 1620s. Eleven men of African descent and mixed ethnicity enter into slavery in New Amsterdam. Working side by sid...
E02
Liberty in the Air
Air Date: 2005-02-09
The 1740s to the 1830s. As the slave population reproduces, American planters become less dependent on the African sl...
E03
Seeds of Destruction
Air Date: 2005-02-16
1800. Vermont leads the Northern states in abolishing and phasing out slavery, while the South begins its greatest ex...
E04
The Challenge of Freedoms
Air Date: 2005-02-16
Civil War and Reconstruction. The war shifts from a struggle for union to a battle over slavery. Blacks, such as Sout...
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