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The abolitionists
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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 ...
"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 important civil rights crusade in American history"--Container.
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- Creator
- American Experience Films presents ; written, produced & directed by Rob Rapley ; an Apograph Productions Inc. film for American Experience ; a production of WGBH
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- American experience (Television program)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Grimberg, Sharon, producer
- Rapley, Rob, author of screenplay, producer, director
- Brooks, Richard, 1962- actor
- Huff, Neal, actor
- Serralles, Jeanine, actor
- Sheil, Kate Lyn, actor
- Smith, T. Ryder, actor
- Platt, Oliver, narrator
- Chimples, John, film editor
- Tunsil, Aljernon, film editor
- Cragg, Tim, cinematographer
- Phillips, Tom, composer
- Mitterlehner, Akeime, artistic director
- Newhall, Deborah, costume designer
- Hughes, R. Mark, artistic director
- Viola, Elise, artistic director
- Williams, Jim, set designer
- American Experience Films
- Apograph Productions
- WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- PBS Distribution (Firm)
- Publication
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- Boston : WGBH Educational Foundation ; Arlington, Va. : PBS Distribution, [2013]
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 9781608838332, 1608838331
- OCLC
- ocn822336263
- Credits
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- Featuring: Richard Brooks, Neal Huff, Jeanine Serralles, Kate Lyn Sheil, T. Ryder Smith ; narrated by Oliver Platt
- Edited by John Chimples, Aljernon Tunsil ; cinematography by Tim Cragg ; original music, Tom Phillips ; production designer, Akeime Mitterlehner ; costume designer, Deborah Newhall ; art directors, R. Mark Hughes, Elise Viola ; set decorator, Jim Williams ; executive producer, Sharon Grimberg
- Originally broadcast on the television series, "The American experience" in 2013.
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1, widescreen, 5.1 surround.
- Closed-captioned in English with optional English subtitles.
- 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
Subjects
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 -- Drama.
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 -- Drama.
- Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879 -- Drama.
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 -- Drama.
- Brown, John, 1800-1859 -- Drama.
- DVD-Video discs.
- Slavery -- United States -- History.
- Abolitionists -- United States.
- Antislavery movements -- United States.