Dr. Toer's amazing magic lantern show

Summary

Takes a look at the Magic Lantern Show of J.W. Toer, a Baptist minister and former slave who traveled the rural South in the years following the Civil War. The show featured music and stories of th...

Takes a look at the Magic Lantern Show of J.W. Toer, a Baptist minister and former slave who traveled the rural South in the years following the Civil War. The show featured music and stories of the black people before, during and after the Civil War. Especially focuses on the misrepresentation by the North of the former slaves and the progress of Reconstruction.

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