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Up From Slavery - Season 1

Series: Up From Slavery
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Episodes
7
Rating
TVPG
Year
2011
Language
English
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment

About

In 1860, as the American Experiment threatened to explode into a bloody civil war, there were as many as four hundred thousand slave-owners in the United States, and almost four million slaves. The nation was founded upon the idea that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with the inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The nation would pay a bloody cost for denying that right to more than twelve percent of its population.

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Episodes

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1. 1619 Virginia - The First African Slaves Arrive

48m

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This part of the series speaks about the beginnings of slavery on European society due to the exploration

2. 18th Century Colonial America and Slavery Under the Rule of the British Empire

48m

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The section of the series presents the changes in slavery in North America due to the beginning of British

3. Slavery in the United States After the Revolution

45m

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This segment of the series talks of the changes in slavery in the newly-created United States and the

4. Nat Turner's Rebellion

44m

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This part of the series presents the reaction by individuals and parties to the continued use of slave labor

5. Abolition from the North Grows

43m

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This segment of the series speaks about the efforts by Northern Abolitionists to eliminate slavery prior to

6. The Civil War. Emancipation Proclamation

45m

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This portion of the series talks about the causes of and start of the Civil War; the evolution of the drive to win on each side of the conflict and of President Lincoln's bold step towards freedom for all slaves in the United States.

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