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The Abolitionists /

"Radicals. Agitators. Troublemakers. Liberators. Called many names, the abolitionists tore the nation apart in order to create a more perfect union. Men and women, black and white, Northerners and Southerners, poor and wealthy, these passionate anti-slavery activists fought body and soul in the...

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Main Author: Phillips, Tom, 1952- (Composer)
Contributors: Rapley, Rob, (Screenwriter), Brooks, Richard, 1962- (Actor), Huff, Neal, (Actor), Serralles, Jeanine, (Actor), Sheil, Kate Lyn, (Actor), Smith, T. Ryder, (Actor), Platt, Oliver, (Narrator), Chimples, John, (Film editor), Tunsil, Aljernon, (Film editor), Cragg, Tim, (Cinematographer), Mitterlehner, Akeime, (Artistic director), Newhall, Deborah, (Costume designer), Hughes, R. Mark, (Artistic director), Viola, Elise, (Artistic director), Williams, Jim, (Set designer)
Format: DVD
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Arlington, Va. : WGBH Educational Foundation ; PBS Distribution, [2013]
Series:American experience (Television program)
Subjects and Genres:
Garrison, William Lloyd, > 1805-1879 > Drama.
Douglass, Frederick, > 1818-1895 > Drama.
Grimké, Angelina Emily, > 1805-1879 > Drama.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, > 1811-1896 > Drama.
Brown, John, > 1800-1859 > Drama.
Brown, John, > 1800-1859
Douglass, Frederick, > 1818-1895
Garrison, William Lloyd, > 1805-1879
Grimké, Angelina Emily, > 1805-1879
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, > 1811-1896.
Slavery > United States > History.
Abolitionists > United States.
Antislavery movements > United States.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Histoire.
Abolitionnistes > États-Unis.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États-Unis.
Abolitionists.
Antislavery movements.
Slavery.
United States.
DVD-Video discs.
Television programs > United States.
Documentary television programs.
Drama.
Historical television programs.
History.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Documentaires télévisés.
Émissions historiques télévisées.
Émissions télévisées pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. (54 min.) Introduction
  • Angelina's religious struggle
  • Slavery and the American economy
  • The Liberator
  • The postal campaign
  • Garrison faces a mob
  • Angelina & Theodore Weld
  • Leaving the American anti-slavery society.
  • Part 2. (54 min.) Introduction
  • Douglass escapes slavery
  • Douglass flees to Great Britain
  • The North Star
  • Harriet's loss
  • The great compromise
  • Uncle Tom's cabin.
  • Part 3. (54 min.) Introduction
  • Battle over Kansas
  • Raid on Harpers Ferry
  • The Civil War begins
  • The Emancipation Proclamation
  • Victory.

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