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Africans in America. Part 1, The terrible transformation. Interview with Barry Unsworth, author, "The sacred hunger" / [produced by WGBH].
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Unsworth, Barry, 1930-2012--Interviews.
- Unsworth, Barry.
- Slavery--Europe--History--17th century.
- Slavery.
- Slave trade--Europe.
- Slave trade.
- Europe--Economic conditions--17th century.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Unedited footage.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (67 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation, [1998]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Barry Unsworth is interviewed about the economies of Europe, first British slave trader John Hawkins, the brutality of life, indentured servants, rise in slaving a response to the increased demand for sugar and tobacco, desperation of European slave traders, how slave traders kept control of the ship with fear, the Middle Passage, the threat of fasting during the Middle Passage, economic damage to African interior, impact of slavery, inhumanity.
- Participant:
- Interviewee: Barry Unsworth.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed September 12, 2017).
- Nominated 1999 NAACP Image Award, Outstanding News, Talk or Information Special
- Nominated 1999 OFTA Television Award, Best Informational Special
- Won 1998 Peabody Award
- OCLC:
- 1009099417
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