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Title Slavery and the making of America. Vol. 4, Challenge of freedom / WNET New York ; series producer, Dante J. James.

Publication Info. New York : Ambrose Video Pub., [2004]
©2004

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 Moore Video  E441 .S523 v.4    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description digital
optical
video file
DVD video
System Details DVD.
System requirements for DVD-ROM features (Windows): PC with Intel Pentium II or higher processor; Windows 98/2000/XP; DVD-ROM drive.
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 4 (The Challenge of Freedom). Looks at Civil War and Reconstruction through the experiences of South Carolina slave Robert Smalls. It chronicles Smalls' daring escape to freedom, his military service, and his tenure as a congressman after the war. As the events of Smalls' life unfold, the complexities of this period in American history are revealed. The episode shows the transformation of the war from a struggle for union to a battle over slavery. It examines the black contribution to the war effort and traces the gains and losses of newly freed African Americans during Reconstruction. The 13th amendment abolished slavery in 1865, the 14th and 15th amendments guaranteed black civil rights, and the Freedmen's Bureau offered aid to former slaves throughout the 1870s. Yet simultaneously, the formation of militant groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan threatened the future of racial equality and segregation laws began to appear across the country. Slavery's eradication had not brought an end to black 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.
Slavery.
United States.
History.
African Americans -- History -- To 1863.
African Americans.
Chronological Term To 1863
Genre/Form Documentary television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Added Author James, Dante J.
Freeman, Morgan.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Ambrose Video Publishing.
Added Title Challenge of freedom
Standard No. 739815002861