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. But when slavery was first b…
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. But when slavery was first b…
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Season 1
13 Sep 2011 · 7 episodes
1Part One - 1619 Virginia - The First African Slaves Arrive13 Sep 2011
2Part Two - 18th Century Colonial America and Slavery Under the Rule of the British Empire13 Sep 2011
3Part Three - Slavery in the United States After the Revolution13 Sep 2011
4Part Four - Nat Turner's Rebellion, 183113 Sep 2011
5Part Five - Abolition from the North Grows13 Sep 2011
6Part Six - The Civil War. Emancipation Proclamation13 Sep 2011
7Part Seven - Aftermath of the Civil War and New 'Freedom'13 Sep 2011
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