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"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...

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Corporate Authors: American Experience Films, Apograph Productions, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), WGBH Educational Foundation, PBS Distribution (Firm)
Other Authors: Rapley, Rob, Brooks, Richard, 1962-, Huff, Neal, Serralles, Jeanine, Sheil, Kate Lyn, Smith, T. Ryder, Platt, Oliver
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: Boston : Arlington, Va. : WGBH Educational Foundation ; PBS Distribution, c2013.
Series:American experience (Television program)
Subjects:
Garrison, William Lloyd, > 1805-1879.
Douglass, Frederick, > 1818-1895.
Grimké, Angelina Emily, > 1805-1879.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, > 1811-1896.
Brown, John, > 1800-1859.
Slavery > United States > History.
Abolitionists > United States.
Antislavery movements > United States.
Documentary television programs.
Historical television programs.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
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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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