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Slavery Takes Root

Year

2024

Language

ENGLISH

Duration

32m

Rating

TVPG

Performers

Leslie Alexander

Directed By

The Great Courses

Publication Information

The Great Courses

Summary

Explore how slavery developed within North America's 13 British colonies. Trace the origins of slavery in the Caribbean, and its importation to the mainland to support plantation agriculture. Examine why slavery in America became based entirely on race. Then study the colonial laws and legal codes that defined slavery and denied Africans the most basic human rights and freedoms.

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