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DVD

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The abolitionists

Call Number

  • DVD 326.8 A1542 (CEN, WSQ)

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Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Narrated by Oliver Platt.

Publication Information

[Boston] : WGBH Educational Foundation, [2013]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (approximately 180 minutes) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

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.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally broadcast on PBS as episodes of American experience in 2012.

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