Slavery and the Making of America The Challenge of Freedom (Slavery and the Making of America, Disc 4)
Type
Audio/Visual
Authors
UPC
739815002861
Category
DVD: Nonfiction
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Publication Year
2005
Publisher
PBS, United States
Volume
4
Duration
60 minutes
Series Name
Abstract
The final volume of this 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. With the 14th and 15th Amendments, all African Americans were declared U.S. citizens and all African American males were awarded the right to vote. With Smalls as the framework, this final installment examines the rise of the Ku Klux Klan and the militant white opposition to black rights. We also look at the end of the Reconstruction and the new form of legalized oppression that replaced it.
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. With the 14th and 15th Amendments, all African Americans were declared U.S. citizens and all African American males were awarded the right to vote. With Smalls as the framework, this final installment examines the rise of the Ku Klux Klan and the militant white opposition to black rights. We also look at the end of the Reconstruction and the new form of legalized oppression that replaced it.
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