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Africans In America; Judgment Day (1831-1861); Interview with Eric Foner, 1997
Part of Africans in America.
03/07/1997
Eric Foner is interviewed about the Age of Jackson, slavery as political power, slavery and American progress, economic power of cotton, thousands of black people sold south to cotton plantations, end of the Atlantic slave trade, Constitutional Convention and three fifths clause, David Walker's Appeal and the abolitionist movement in the 1830s, northern opposition to abolition, the Amistad case, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, Anthony Burns, moral suasion, Bleeding Kansas, the Dred Scott Decision, John Brown, Legacy of slavery.
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- Series
- Africans In America
- Program
- Judgment Day (1831-1861)
- Program Number
104
- Title
Interview with Eric Foner, 1997
- Series Description
Broadcast: October 1998 This series explores the central paradox that is at the heart of the American story: a democracy that declared all men equal but enslaved and oppressed one people to provide independence and prosperity to another. The series opens in the 16th century on Africa's Gold Coast with the European and African trade, and ends on the eve of the American Civil War in 1861. Africans in America examines the economic and intellectual foundations of slavery in America and the global economy that prospered from it. The series reveals how the presence of African people and their struggle for freedom transformed America. Series release date: 10/1998
- Program Description
104 Judgment Day (1831-1861)--The nation expands westward; slavery becomes the most divisive issue in American life. Abolitionists struggle to bring the institution down, and the nation is tested as never before. As tensions over slavery erupt into violence, Americans are forced to consider how long the country can continue as a democracy built on the profits of bondage. Producer: Llewellyn Smith.
- Duration
01:02:24
- Asset Type
Raw video
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Interview
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- History
- Creators
- Smith, Llewellyn (Series Producer)
- Contributors
- Foner, Eric (Interviewee)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Rights Summary
Rights Holder: WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Africans In America; Judgment Day (1831-1861); Interview with Eric Foner, 1997,” 03/07/1997, GBH Archives, accessed April 25, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_C888FBEB092946AE8F7F42E5C7366EC5.
- MLA: “Africans In America; Judgment Day (1831-1861); Interview with Eric Foner, 1997.” 03/07/1997. GBH Archives. Web. April 25, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_C888FBEB092946AE8F7F42E5C7366EC5>.
- APA: Africans In America; Judgment Day (1831-1861); Interview with Eric Foner, 1997. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_C888FBEB092946AE8F7F42E5C7366EC5