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America's Long Struggle Against Slavery

Series: America's Long Struggle Against Slavery
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Episodes
30
Rating
TVPG
Year
2020
Language
English
Publisher
The Great Courses

About

Survey the history of the American anti-slavery movement, from the dawn of the transatlantic slave trade during the late 15th century to the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and beyond. Professor Richard Bell's 30 eye-opening episodes give you an up-close view of a venal institution and the people who fought against it, and who often paid for their courage with their lives.

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Episodes

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1. Understanding the Fight Against Slavery

26m

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Begin your course with an exploration of the long war against slavery, which began centuries before the American Civil War. Professor Bell offers a survey of resistance among enslaved Africans in the 17th and 18th centuries and outlines five generational periods in the long struggle to end slavery.

2. Origins of Slavery in the British Empire

26m

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Slavery in the British Empire has its roots in the trading economy of the 16th century. See how the Englishman John Hawkins cut into the Portuguese slave trade in the New World, which led to the founding of the Royal African Company, the largest slaving operation in the Atlantic.

3. Opposing the African Slave Trade

26m

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The American slave trade began in Africa. It is an uncomfortable truth that African rulers and merchants played a hand in supplying slaves to Europeans. However, a look at the African continent also shows us the first strategies of resistance, from defensively trying to elude capture to offensive efforts to get away from the hellish confinement of European forts.

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Artists

The Great Coursesdirector
The Great Coursesproducer
Richard Bellactor