The abolitionists

DVD 2013

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 most important civil rights crusade in American history.

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Abolitionists United States

Antislavery movements United States

Brown, John, 1800-1859

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879

Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879

Slavery United States History

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896

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ISBN:

9781608838332

Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: NR

Other Title:

American experience. The abolitionists [DVD]

Notes:

Originally broadcast on the television series, "The American experience."
Editors, John Chimples, Aljernon Tunsil ; cinematography, Tim Cragg ; original music, Tom Phillips ; narrator, Oliver Platt
Richard Brooks, Neal Huff, Jeanine Serralles, Kate Lyn Sheil, T. Ryder Smith
Narrator, Oliver Platt
DVD, Region 1, widescreen presentation, 5.1 surround
For private home use only
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

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

Control Number:

968931

UPC:

841887018364

Other Authors:

Brooks, Richard, 1962-
Huff, Neal
PBS Distribution (Firm)
Platt, Oliver
Rapley, Rob
Serralles, Jeanine
Sheil, Kate Lyn
Smith, T. Ryder
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
WGBH Educational Foundation

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