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Africans in America. Part 1, The terrible transformation. Interview with Peter Wood, professor of history, Duke University. 1 of 2 / [produced by WGBH].
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wood, Peter H., 1943---Interviews.
- Wood, Peter H.
- African Americans--History--To 1863.
- African Americans.
- Slavery--United States--History--17th century.
- Slavery.
- United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- United States.
- Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- Virginia.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Unedited footage.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (113 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation, [1998]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Peter Wood is interviewed about the first settlers who came to America, the need for labor in Jamestown, English Protestantism, the implications of tobacco on labor needs in Virginia, the Africans' arrival in 1619, inheriting the mother's slave status, the shift from indentured servitude to lifelong slavery, the difference between being a slave and a servant, the meaning of indentured servants, and the Africans' experience.
- Participant:
- Interviewee: Peter Wood.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed September 12, 2017).
- OCLC:
- 1009115239
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