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Summary
The history of American slavery from its beginnings in the British colonies to its end in the Southern states and the years of post-Civil War Reconstruction. Looks at slavery as an integral part of a developing nation, challenging the long held notion that slavery was exclusively a Southern enterprise. Simultaneously focuses on the remarkable stories of individual slaves, offering new perspectives on the slave experience and testifying to the active role that Africans and African Americans took in surviving their bondage and shaping their own lives.
Cast
Morgan Freeman
Chauncey Herring
Justin Jackson
Joe T. Akin
Mike Allen
Mazie L. Baltimore
Victor St. Clair Alexander
Gloria Alexandra
Clement C. Arsenault
Darien Bates
Isiah Beasley
Hadis Abdus-Samad
Desmond Aldridge
Emma Apatu
Michael Allen
Kim Sullivan
P.J. Brown
Joe Holt
Glenda N. Smiley
Crew
Creator
William Grant
Status:
Ended
Original Language:
English
Type:
Miniseries
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