7 M3A - Slavery: The People Could Fly

Follow the Drinking Gourd (1992)

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Based on the traditional American folksong, this compelling tale recounts the daring adventures of one family's escape from slavery via the Underground Railroad. This touching story captures all the drama of a perilous flight to freedom.

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Primary

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00:26

Slavery on the Making of America, Vol 4: The Challenge of Freedom (2005)

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The final volume of the series takes viewers through the Civil War, the Reconstruction and beyond as it follows the life of Robert Smalls. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves under the control of the Confederate government. Once the South was defeated in 1865, the nation adopted the 13th Amendment, effectively ending slavery.

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01:00

Slavery on the Making of America, Vol 4: The Challenge of Freedom

Slavery on the Making of America, Vol 3: Seeds of Destruction (2005)

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The third volume of the series looks at the period from 1800 through the start of the Civil War when slavery saw an enormous expansion and entered its final decades. As the nation expanded west, the question of slavery became an overriding political issue. These years saw an increasingly militant abolitionist movement and a widening rift between the North and South.

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01:00

Slavery on the Making of America, Vol 3: Seeds of Destruction

Slavery on the Making of America, Vol 2: Liberty in the Air (2005)

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Spanning from the 1740s through the 1830s, this second hour explores the continued expansion of slavery in the colonies, the evolution of a distinct African American culture and the roots of the emancipation movement. This volume reveals the many ways the enslaved resisted their oppression including their role on both sides of the Revolutionary War.

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Slavery on the Making of America, Vol 2: Liberty in the Air

Slavery and the Making of America, Vol.1: The Downward Spiral (2005)

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Covering the period from 1619 through 1739, this first volume spotlights the origins of slavery in America. Focusing on Dutch New Amesterdam (later New York City), this chapter illustrates how slavery in the early years was a loosely defined labor source similar to indentured servitude. Slaves had some limited rights.

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01:00

Slavery and the Making of America, Vol.1: The Downward Spiral

Escaping Slavery on the Underground Railroad (2008)

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Stirring dramatizations, archival photographs and colorful maps help tell the story of the Underground Railroad.

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Middle

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00:11

Escaping Slavery on the Underground Railroad

Life of an Enslaved Person in America (2008)

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This program explores the daily life and customs of enslaved children and adults from colonial times through Emancipation. Through these activities students will come to better understand and appreciate the hardships and plight of African Americans living under the institution of slavery.

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00:13

Harriet Tubman and Her Escape to Freedom (2008)

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Millions of enslaved African-American men, women and children lived in the United States less that 200 years ago. During that period of American history, many brave men and women attempted an escape to freedom. Harriet Tubman is perhaps the best known of these American heroes.

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Elementary

Middle

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00:14

Harriet Tubman and Her Escape to Freedom

Abraham Lincoln: the Great Emancipator (2008)

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In 1861, the Civil War was a conflict that threatened to permanently divide the United States. Without President Abraham Lincoln's leadership, courage and determination to maintain the Union, our country may have ceased to exist.

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Elementary

Middle

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00:12

Opposing Slavery: The Abolitionist Movement in America (2008)

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This program begins by exploring the development of slavery in America and the conditions under which enslaved people lived and worked.

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Elementary

Middle

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00:13

Opposing Slavery: The Abolitionist Movement in America

7 M3A - Slavery: The People Could Fly

Follow the Drinking Gourd (1992)

Slavery on the Making of America, Vol 4: The Challenge of Freedom (2005)

Slavery on the Making of America, Vol 3: Seeds of Destruction (2005)

Slavery on the Making of America, Vol 2: Liberty in the Air (2005)

Slavery and the Making of America, Vol.1: The Downward Spiral (2005)

Escaping Slavery on the Underground Railroad (2008)

Life of an Enslaved Person in America (2008)

Harriet Tubman and Her Escape to Freedom (2008)

Abraham Lincoln: the Great Emancipator (2008)

Opposing Slavery: The Abolitionist Movement in America (2008)

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