Slavery and the Making of America(TV show/series, 2005)

Name: Slavery and the Making of America
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2005

55min per episode | Genre: Documentary

Mini series in 1 season with 4 episodes

Rating: 3.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Slavery and the Making of America is a 2004 PBS four-part documentary series on African American slaves and their contributions to the United States. Famous African Americans such as Colonel Tye and historical figures such as President George Washington and John Murray are all documented in the series. The series covers Black Loyalists and Black Patriots. Emmy Award winning composer Michael Whalen wrote the film's original soundtrack. ()

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About Slavery and the Making of America

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.

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Slavery and the Making of America Seasons and Episodes

02/09/2005Miniseries - 4 episodes

#1 | 02/09/2005The Downward Spiral

1.6/5 (with 2 votes)

The 1620s. Eleven men of African descent and mixed ethnicity enter 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. No law then defined the limitations imposed on slaves. Anthony d'Angola, Emmanuel Driggus, and Frances Driggus could bring suits to court, earn wages, and marry. After the 1731 Stono Rebellion, many colonies adopted strict "black codes" transforming the social system into one of legal racial oppression.

#2 | 02/09/2005Liberty in the Air

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

The 1740s to the 1830s. As the slave population reproduces, American planters become less dependent on the African slave trade. Ensuing generations of slaves develop a unique culture that blends elements of African and American life. African Americans, including Thomas Jefferson's slave Jupiter, Colonel Tye, Elizabeth Freeman, David Walker, and Maria Stewart, respond to the increasingly restrictive system of slavery. The Revolutionary War reveals the contradictions of a nation seeking independence while simultaneously denying freedom to its black citizens.

#3 | 02/16/2005Seeds of Destruction

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

1800. Vermont leads the Northern states in abolishing and phasing out slavery, while the South begins its greatest expansion. As the nation develops westward and cotton replaces tobacco as its most valuable crop, slavery is increasingly divisive. African American slaves Harriet Jacobs and Louis Hughes escape bondage to expose the horrific realities of the slave experience in autobiographical narratives. These and other stories of physical, psychological, and sexual exploitation reinvigorate the Northern abolitionist movement led by Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Amy Post.

#4 | 02/16/2005The Challenge of Freedoms

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Civil War and Reconstruction. The war shifts from a struggle for union to a battle over slavery. Blacks, such as South Carolina slave and future congressman Robert Smalls, contribute to the war effort and experience gains and losses from Reconstruction. The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments abolish slavery and guarantee black civil rights, and the Freedmen's Bureau offers aid to former slaves throughout the 1870s. But militant groups such as the Ku Klux Klan threaten the future of racial equality, and segregation laws begin appearing across the country. Slavery's eradication does not end black oppression.

Additional Information

Official websites:

www.pbs.org

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Made by: WNET Channel 13 New York

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 4 languages: German (DE), English (EN), French (FR), Russian (RU)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 02/09/2005

Last episode released on: 02/16/2005

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"I douleia kai i anaptyxi tis Amerikis"

Keywords: slavery, african

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