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Slavery and the making of America. Vol. 2, Liberty in the air / WNET New York ; PBS ; series producer, Dante J. James.
LIBRA DVD 001 945
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- 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:
- Liberty in the air
- 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:
- From the 1740s to the 1830s, the institution of slavery continued to support economic development. As the slave population reproduced, American planters became less dependent on the African slave trade. Ensuing generations of slaves developed a unique culture that blended elements of African and American life. Episode two follows the paths of several African Americans, including Thomas Jefferson's slave Jupiter, Colonel Tye, Elizabeth Freeman, David Walker, and Maria Stewart, as they respond to the increasingly restrictive system of slavery. At the core of this episode is the Revolutionary War, an event which reveals the contradictions of a nation seeking independence while simultaneously denying freedom to its black citizens.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Morgan Freeman.
- Credits:
- Music, Michael Whalen.
- Notes:
- Originally released in 2004.
- OCLC:
- 57964930
- Publisher Number:
- 739815002847
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