Africans In America; Judgment Day (1831-1861); Interview with Norrece T. Jones, 1997

02/26/1997

Norrece Jones is interviewed about Butler Island and lives of slaves on large plantations, the breaking up of families and desperate actions by slaves to avoid being sold, Frances "Fanny" Kemble, Headman Frank and the rape of his wife Betty, sexual violence against female slaves, the brutality of female slave owners, the Weeping Time, Cooper London, the lash and the whip, resistance, slave holders never held accountable for atrocities, mechanisms to keep black Americans down.

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Series: Africans In America
Program: Judgment Day (1831-1861)
Program Number: 104
Title: Interview with Norrece T. Jones, 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: 00:49:09
Asset Type: Raw video
Media Type: Video
Genres: Interview
Topics: History; Race and Ethnicity
Creators: Smith, Llewellyn (Series Producer)
Contributors: Jones, Norrece T. (Interviewee)
Publication Information: WGBH Educational Foundation
Rights Summary: Rights Holder: WGBH Educational Foundation
Citation: Chicago: “Africans In America; Judgment Day (1831-1861); Interview with Norrece T. Jones, 1997,” 02/26/1997, GBH Archives, accessed April 27, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0F18910C7E714F31A8FCD9711F4B3107.; MLA: “Africans In America; Judgment Day (1831-1861); Interview with Norrece T. Jones, 1997.” 02/26/1997. GBH Archives. Web. April 27, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0F18910C7E714F31A8FCD9711F4B3107>.; APA: Africans In America; Judgment Day (1831-1861); Interview with Norrece T. Jones, 1997. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0F18910C7E714F31A8FCD9711F4B3107

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Africans In America; Judgment Day (1831-1861); Interview with Norrece T. Jones, 1997