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Slavery and the making of America. Vol. 1, The downward spiral / WNET New York ; PBS ; series producer, Dante J. James.
LIBRA DVD 001 944
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--United States--History.
- Slavery.
- United States.
- History.
- African Americans--History--To 1863.
- African Americans.
- Genre:
- Historical television programs.
- Television series.
- Documentary television programs.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Downward spiral
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Ambrose Video Pub., [2005]
- Language Note:
- In English with optional subtitles in English and Spanish.
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Episode one opens in the 1620s with the introduction of 11 men of African descent and mixed ethnicity into slavery in New Amsterdam. Working side by side with white indentured servants, these men labored to lay the foundations of the Dutch colony that would later become New York. There were no laws defining the limitations imposed on slaves at this point in time. Enslaved people, such as Anthony d'Angola, Emmanuel Driggus, and Frances Driggus could bring suits to court, earn wages, and marry. But in the span of a hundred years, everything changed. By the early 18th century, the trade of African slaves in America was expanding to accommodate an agricultural economy growing in the hands of ambitious planters. After the 1731 Stono Rebellion (a violent uprising led by a slave named Jemmy) many colonies adopted strict "black codes" transforming the social system into one of legal racial oppression.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Morgan Freeman.
- Credits:
- Music, Michael Whalen.
- Notes:
- Originally released in 2004.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 57964927
- Publisher Number:
- 739815002830
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