| Description |
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD. |
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System requirements for DVD-ROM features (Windows): PC with Intel Pentium II or higher processor; Windows 98/2000/XP; DVD-ROM drive. |
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System requirements for DVD-ROM features (Macintosh): Power Macintosh G3; System 9.2 or Mac OSX 10.1.5, 10.2.6 or 10.3; DVD-ROM drive. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Morgan Freeman. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Episode 1 (Downward spiral). Opens in the 1620s with the introduction of 11 men of African descent and mixed ethnicity into slavery in New Amsterdam. Working side by side with white indentured servants, these men labored to lay the foundations of the Dutch colony that would later become New York. There were no laws defining the limitations imposed on slaves at this point in time. Enslaved people, such as Anthony d'Angola, Emmanuel Driggus, and Frances Driggus could bring suits to court, earn wages, and marry. But in the span of a hundred years, everything changed. By the early 18th century, the trade of African slaves in America was expanding to accommodate an agricultural economy growing in the hands of ambitious planters. After the 1731 Stono Rebellion (a violent uprising led by a slave named Jemmy) many colonies adopted strict "black codes" transforming the social system into one of legal racial oppression. |
| Contents |
v. 1. The downward spiral -- v. 2. Liberty in the air -- v. 3. Seeds of destruction -- v. 4. The challenge of freedom. |
| Note |
Special features include printable documents. |
| Language |
Soundtrack in English with optional subtitles in English and Spanish. |
| Subject |
Slavery -- United States -- History.
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Slavery. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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African Americans -- History -- To 1863.
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African Americans. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1863 |
| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
James, Dante J.
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Freeman, Morgan.
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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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Ambrose Video Publishing.
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| Added Title |
Downward spiral |
| Standard No. |
739815002830 |
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